One of my very favorite experiences in a kayak was pulling a waterskier behind a Struer K-4 at the Cypress Gardens Water Ski showplace in 1970. The beautiful, wooden, sleek, glowingly brown boat was the fastest kayak I ever paddled and pulling a skier was a hoot. I learned my sprint racing skills in a Struer Rapido. I even got to visit the factory as part of the team tour when we were in Denmark for the world championships. It was amazing to see that the hulls were not sanded but scraped with a small steel blade so there would be no dust in the pores of the wood. Almost all the guys working there at the time were old men who carried the history of their craft in every move they made. What a sad thing to learn that the company is gone. Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** 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 Nov 08 2002 - 11:43:03 PST
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