> the extension method used in the Kahuna. In the K-light I had to put two > tube ends together, align them, then slide a sleeve over the join to > stabilize it. I always found this step to be hard to complete, and > usually it got me swearing pretty good. Didn't have a K-light but this sounds familiar - same swearing and sweating tube-alignment system as it was in my already sold Russian Ladoga kayak. May be Ladoga was even harder. > Feathercraft hasn't > fixed the pedal droop problem, where the pedals rotate down over time, > but my fix from the K-light (drilling a hole in the pedal tip and > looping cord over the chine bar) worked fine in the Kahuna as well. Good tip for me. I would be interested to hear if anybody fixed a drop-forward problem of Feathercaft pedals. May be starps were not tight enough, but one pedal slided forward out of the rail. As a result, rudder cable got caught in the V-block (blade support) at the stern. I had to "land" in a 3-ft deep water near some shore cliff to fix it. > Kahuna, even though it's a bigger boat, > pretty much feels like it weighs the same as the K-light did. It does weigh the same. I think due to lighter urethane hull isntead of hypalon. Alex. *************************************************************************** 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 May 27 2003 - 17:56:23 PDT
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