I presently have a high volume GTS Current Design kayak. I love it, except it is not a very nimble or highly manuverable boat. I am thinking about geting a second boat that is very manuverable and will also track fairly well. One boat that I have been thinking about is the new Tempest by Wildereness Systems. Does anyone have any feedback about this boat, or may recommend something else. I am tall so I need a high volume boat. Does anyone happen to know of a used fiberglass or kevlar Tempest for sale. Thank You Richard e-mail docpresh_at_hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Richard, I also have a GTS which is the easiest boat I know of for travelling in a straight line through wind and chop, with or without the rudder. I have a Mariner Express for exactly the same reason you want to get a maneuverable boat. The Express is highly maneuverable and responds very accurately to leans. But a boat that is very maneuverable will just not track well; it takes MUCH less effort to travel in the GTS than in the Express. However, the sliding seat on the Express is very effective at tuning out cross winds; and the Express is MUCH more fun for playing around in. I am not familiar with the Tempest. Jerry > I presently have a high volume GTS Current Design kayak. I love it, > except it is not a very nimble or highly manuverable boat. I am thinking > about geting a second boat that is very manuverable and will also track > fairly well. One boat that I have been thinking about is the new Tempest by > Wildereness Systems. Does anyone have any feedback about this boat, or may > recommend something else. I am tall so I need a high volume boat. Does > anyone happen to know of a used fiberglass or kevlar Tempest for sale. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
<paddlewise footers manually remove by moderator> Some unreference paddlewise poster queried: > I presently have a high volume GTS Current Design kayak. I love it, > except it is not a very nimble or highly manuverable boat. I am thinking > about geting a second boat that is very manuverable and will also track > fairly well. One boat that I have been thinking about is the new Tempest by > Wildereness Systems. Does anyone have any feedback about this boat, or may > recommend something else. I am tall so I need a high volume boat. Does > anyone happen to know of a used fiberglass or kevlar Tempest for sale. Hi, I test-paddled a Tempest 170 (the rotomolded plastic version) in April. I was in the market for a boat, and I liked the looks of the Tempest. For the price, I think it has a lot of good features -- notably, the skeg. I like a skeg, and it also means nice solid footpegs. I also think the deck fittings and hatches were very nicely done. I actually picked this boat to demo because I am short and have a short upper body and the Tempest has a very low foredeck. In addition, the Tempest 16.5 has a very narrow cockpit -- I sat in it in the store, and I thought it was quite tight on me (I'm 5'6 and weigh 150). Even in the 17.0, the hip pads that came with the boat had to go. This is indeed a very maneuverable boat, and I found it also to be pretty fast. There were two things I didn't like about the boat. I like to be able to lean back a little in my boat to take a drink or eat a granola bar. I found that if I leaned back even a little in the Tempest I immediately felt that I was going to capsize. The other dislike, and a fixable one, was that I hated the backband. The Tempest is clearly designed to be rollable -- the back deck is low and almost completely flat. The backband is also very low, but it twists around the two adjustment straps that come out from either side no matter how much you tighten them. I think this is a really nice boat, and a good "learning boat" for someone who wants to take their skills to the next level. Personally, I felt I had to fall in love with a boat to buy one. Intellectually, the Tempest's features fit what I wanted, but it just didn't have that certain something for me. I ended up listening to my "life is short; get boat you love" voice when I fell for a P&H Quest, which was "more boat" in the size and money sense than I had originally planned, but just turned out to be magic on the water. Lisa *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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