> >Ice Floe- Had a customer give me one, as he was tired of it. I sold it for > >$100. I paddled it once. Very straight tracking and hard to turn and yet > >weathercocks. No skeg. > > That's not too surprising considering it was designed about 25 years ago. > Somehow he managed to log a few miles in one. Sure, quite a conservative kayak, but not the worst one. A close old school friend of mine, bought an Icefloe while I took the Sirius. He is a smaller man, lightweight and me more heavy and "normal-sized" (1,86m). Under calm conditions he paddled all the time faster then me, but in waves the Sirius became faster and under strong wind conditions it was better not to sit in an Icefloe. Icefloe runs like a train, I think thatīs why Derek had designed the Orion afterwards, itīs much more manouverable and was a choice for me, but I took the Sirius. Have a look to the so called whitewater kayaks today and the ones 10 years ago! What a difference!! I think the same is happening to the sea kayaks, but in other direction. More Paddlers, more variations, more choice. Hey, Saturday starts the BOOT 2002 (january 19-27th) nearby in Duesseldorf/Germany, the worlds largest boat exhibition. Pouch is going to show their new large wooden frame boat and Zoelzer will bring out his new (patented - I think) halfway laminted and foldable kayak. And maybe much more... Is someone of you on the BOOT? I will be there 2 times, say hello if you there... bye Jochen G. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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