RE: [Paddlewise] Finally, finished Outer Island pix

At 11:29 AM 8/19/02 -0300, Ulli Hoeger wrote:
>Nice boat!
>Could you share the specs with us?
>How long, how wide, how heavy?

The Outer Island is a design by Jay Babina. It's 17'10" long with a 21" 
beam.  One of the reason I chose this design is the low rear deck.  I can 
sit in it, lay back until I can touch my head on the rear deck without my 
butt leaving the seat.  Even though it's a low volume boat there's still 
enough of an arch in the foredeck so that my feet don't feel cramped.  I 
haven't weighed it yet but I've carried it just after carrying a kevlar 
Seaward Endeavor and it felt lighter.  I've guessing that it's in the low 40's.

BTW, Jay's site (where you, too, can order plans) is at:
www.seacanoe.org/outrisle.htm

I've been extremely happy with the overall performance of the Outer Island 
now that I've been paddling it a couple of months.  If you want it to go 
straight, it goes straight.  I have found no tendency whatsoever for it to 
weathercock even in some pretty gusty winds.  When edged over for turns it 
feels much shorter than it's length.  With a low or high brace turn, all it 
takes are one or two sweeps with the boat still on edge to finish a turn of 
180 degrees.  I sculls and rolls very easily.




>Ulli
>Ulli Hoeger
>Dept. Physiology and Biophysics
>Dalhousie University
>Halifax, B3H 4H7
>Nova Scotia, Canada


BTW, I am going to be passing through Halifax on Wednesday on the way to a 
meeting in St. Johns, NF.
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