Composite and plastic both have their merits. I have some of each in my fleet. I wonder if the white water crowd used to debate over this same topic? When was the last time you saw a glass white water boat? But that's a different animal I suppose. My latest boat purchase is plastic so I'm probably biased. What I have often wondered is why I have never seen an aluminum sea kayak? The toughest, badest power boats on the west coast here are made out of welded aluminum. Folders use it for their framing. Grumman has made aluminum canoes for years. So why not kayaks? Too expensive? Too hard to work with? Corrosion factors? Has anybody ever marketed one? I envision a nice welded, hard chined unit. No issues running that up on the beach..... Steve Davis Victoria *************************************************************************** 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 Feb 27 2003 - 08:27:46 PST
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