Hi all, Well as for the drying times, the K-light always dried well inside a small room in about 8 hours, and the Kahuna is infinitely drier inside, and the skin has low hygroscopicity (tendency to absorb water-- you can look it up :) So I bet it dries faster. In the florida sun outside, mine dried in about 45 minutes. As for the conditions you mentioned, I have paddled my K-light in similar conditions just offshore from San Diego Bay. I can't say I was entirely comfortable due to the short length of the boat, but I did manage to get back in one piece. Would I recommend it? Probably not, but you could use it that way and survive. I'm sure others have more experience with such conditions than I do. The wind really hasn't been an issue, as the K-light never really weather cocked much, and I would assume the Kahuna exhibits similar tendencies (It seemed more difficult to turn, so I would guess would be even less affected by wind-- just a guess though.) Regards, Kevin *************************************************************************** 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 Wed May 28 2003 - 15:54:22 PDT
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