On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 06:08, James wrote: > 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 I paddled a Hunter and Ranger, there was also a spanish manufacturer of wooden sprint racers but only one of these had made it to oz by the late 70,s regards Peter *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Nov 09 2002 - 03:32:27 PST
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