Having started this thread by asking for criticism of my hypothesis, let me say that I agree with everything Robert Livingston had to say in his comments. His Ursa 350 is however a very rare "bear" in the kayak world (but it does point out that my hypothesis needs to be qualified to exclude certain features found on a few kayaks. I had forgotten and not considered some of the unique features of the Ursa 350 when I proposed my hypothesis. While Robert's description was accurate it may have been very hard to picture the kayak he was describing. This isn't your everyday run of the mill looking kayak! Robert, is there somewhere a picture of an Ursa 350 is posted on a website so that everyone can see the rather strange looking kayak we are talking about? If not, I could forward some photos of an unfinished hull (with your approval and if not too many folks ask for them--back channel--so please wait to ask me to send them until Robert responds about a website and permission). Robert designed the Ursa 350 himself using the kayak design program (he also wrote) that can be downloaded from our website. Another feature of the Ursa 350 that is extremely rare, if not unique, is that one person can bail the flooded kayak (when out of the cockpit) by simply rolling the kayak over in the water and spilling the water out of the cockpit (which is suspended above the sea when it is floating upside down--at least when empty--I'm not sure about with a gear load). The 350 stands for 350 centimeters (11' 6") long. As far as I know it is not (yet?) a commercially available kayak (or if it will ever be made available to the public?). Matt Broze http://www.marinerkayaks.com *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Dec 25 2001 - 22:13:06 PST
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