Howard writes: > We just got the first of our Andromedas in. 17'3", 20"(?) wide rework of the > Gulfstream. Can't wait to get one in the fleet so we can see how it paddles. > Quite deep V, good amount of rocker and a skeg. It looks fast. a bit tender > and real purty. :^) > > Have you had a chance to paddle one yet? Oh yeah. I think it's more of a re-work of the Slipstream. It paddles like a large Slipstream. I paddled it unloaded for 4 days on mixed current and flatwater. Very nice, loose and sporty. The only op I had to use the skeg was in a 5 knot x-wind so I don't really have a good feel for it, but it appears the skeg is quite a ways forward of other designs. Your observations are correct. Big V, making for a rather tender initial stability feel, but plenty of 2ndary, and a good secure feeling on edge. Plenty fast, like the SS, but IMHO too much thin, pointy, ends. The stern looks like a bow going backwards. Not a ton of gear space, as the V shrinks the *useable* capacity. Definitely a sporty kayak, not for the timid. ......but FUN! Steve *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Dec 07 2001 - 09:09:42 PST
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