[Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (i.e. headers/footers/sig lines/extraneous text from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material in addition to removing header/trailers when replying to posts.] Homebuilt may be a great option...in addition to the Pygmy there's a few other designs available, check out Glen-L's "Kidyak" and I think Grant Golz has free offsets posted on the Squeedunk website for a scaled down boat, maybe named "Loon(?)". Right now I'm working on a "Zeb 2K" from Friedel Design, its a 21' triple, so I can infect my toddler boy w/ the kayaking bug! The single for him is definitely down the road, however! Regards, Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Reiter" <reiter_at_fodderty.u-net.com> <previous message hacked to pieces by list admin> > I'd greatly welcome some advice on introducing my 9 year old son to sea > kayaking. > > So I am looking to get a smaller kayak for my son in the Spring: almost > certainly a general purpose/recreational polyethylene kayak. > So any views or ideas about the most suitable (affordable) first kayak for a > young'un? And if anyone has any good advice about teaching youngsters, that > too would be great. *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Jan 28 2003 - 17:47:34 PST
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