I should clarify that I do not know what level of sponsorship the Irwin brothers received from the various gear/equipment/boat manufacturers. It really doesn't matter, because my point wasn't about their particular issue, but rather sponsorship issues in general. I hope I didn't muddy those water too. And sorry for the poor edit of the last post -- should have been "moot," not "mute" on the structural integrity comment. And one final note, the latest generation of Seaward kayaks seem to be flawless with good watertight hatch systems, excellent workmanship, custom lay-ups for hard-core users, fabulous custom color options, and stronger fixed outrigger paddlefloat rescue straps, to name a few things, not to mention a more consistent production of the Foster series. I do not know what their current standard lay-up schedule is, or what justification they would have for any differentiation over other manufacturers. Doug Lloyd Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Dec 19 2002 - 13:47:10 PST
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