J. Dubya said (snip): >Now if you really want to get Mr. Derrer started, ask him about British boats such as NDK and VCP. He insists he can build kayaks that are just as strong as the 60-65 lb. NDK and VCP expedition boats, and bring the weight in at around 48 lbs.< One of the older paddlers in our club recently acquired a Jubilee Nordkapp, standard layup. It is surprisingly light. I had a hard time keeping up with him (well, I was loaded for bear). He's feeling guilty because other paddlers keep rushing to his aid to assist him lifting his "British Heavy." He feels guilty as it is so much lighter than appearances. I told him to let folks continue to think it's a heavy, and impress all the girls. As for Mr. Derrer: He's running a business; he's heavily marketing; he's an American. ;-) Doug Lloyd Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Jun 07 2003 - 02:19:13 PDT
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