Re: [Paddlewise] Boat For A Family of Four

From: Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:13:17 -0700
Rev. Bob Carter <revkayak_at_aptalaska.net> wrote:

> We used an Eddyline San Juan , (triple - two cockpits and one huge hatch)
> while our son was growing up and it worked well for us.

The San Juan is no longer manufactured, I believe, but you might find a used
one.  Enormous boat, and a great sailing platform, one of the uses for which
it was designed.

Another solution, and relatively cost-effective at that, might be two Folbot
Greenland II's.  Plenty of room for the youngster in front to loll around,
read, sleep, or [gasp!] paddle.  Two friends made use of G II's for this for
a few years while their kids were small.  They never went anywhere very
fast, but the kids loved it.  Two kids in a single cockpit together, seems
to bring out the worst.  They tried that, but their nerves were never the
same.

Come to think of it, they might have a San Juan, and be willing to sell it.
The Dad is a sometime Paddlewiser:  Bill O'Brien.

Yo, Bill?

--
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR

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