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From: Don Margiano <donjm_at_earthlink.net>
subject: RE: [Paddlewise] The Perception Sea Lion
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 13:34:38 -0400
Perception used to make an actual "Sea Lion".  I
understand this was a longer fiberglass boat.

I was also confused on this since my 2002 Perception
Eclipse says "Sea Lion" on the front and a little
"Eclipse" under it.  My Eclipse is the 17' 2" boat that
John mentioned.  

Don
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From: Steve Cramer <cramersec_at_charter.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] The Perception Sea Lion
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 14:36:12 -0400
Don Margiano wrote:

> Perception used to make an actual "Sea Lion".  I understand this was a longer
> fiberglass boat.

Perception used to make a 17'2" plastic boat called a Sea Lion. I've owned two
of them, of circa 1995 vintage.  Since no one else has ever heard of a 19+'
glass Perception Sea Lion, could you please share where your understanding comes
from?

> I was also confused on this since my 2002 Perception Eclipse says "Sea Lion"
> on the front and a little "Eclipse" under it.  My Eclipse is the 17' 2" boat
> that John mentioned.

Both the Shadow and Eclipse are considered to be developments of the original
Sea Lion design.

-- 
Steve Cramer
Athens, GA

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From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
subject: RE: [Paddlewise] The Perception Sea Lion
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 14:39:01 -0400
At 01:34 PM 6/2/03 -0400, Don Margiano wrote:
>Perception used to make an actual "Sea Lion".  I
>understand this was a longer fiberglass boat.
>
>I was also confused on this since my 2002 Perception
>Eclipse says "Sea Lion" on the front and a little
>"Eclipse" under it.  My Eclipse is the 17' 2" boat that
>John mentioned.

The Sea Lion that I first paddled was about 6 years ago.  It was a plastic 
version.  I have also seen a Sea Lion S, a smaller fiberglass version 
(16'6", I think) about five years ago at a symposium.  I know that the 
first year that the Eclipse came out it had "Sea Lion" as part of the logo 
but even though the Shadow was supposed to be a smaller version of the 
Eclipse it didn't include "Sea Lion" as part of the name.

What I find interesting is that the original poster said that it was a Sea 
Lion by Perception.  I don't recall exactly when the name change occurred 
but Perception was once called Aquaterra, and may have only been Perception 
for a year or so before the Sea Lion was replaced with the Eclipse.  I 
check on the Sea Kayaker magazine boat reviews page and they reviewed an 
Sea Lion by Aquaterra in issue 45 (April 1995). Unfortunately, they only 
publish a small number of their reviews online and charge for back issues 
of those they didn't put on line. 

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From: Bob Myers <bob_at_intelenet.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] The Perception Sea Lion
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 13:45:26 -0700
No, the Sea Lion really was 17' 2", not longer.  Classicly in rotomolded 
plastic, and then later they made some in fiberglass starting around 
1995, but using the same shape & size.  As others have mentioned, the 
Eclipse is a slightly modified Sea Lion.  The length didn't change.

Like the others, I'm very very skeptical of a 19' Sea Lion.

We still have 3 plastic Sea Lions dating from around 1993.

Don Margiano wrote:

>Perception used to make an actual "Sea Lion".  I
>understand this was a longer fiberglass boat.
>
>I was also confused on this since my 2002 Perception
>Eclipse says "Sea Lion" on the front and a little
>"Eclipse" under it.  My Eclipse is the 17' 2" boat that
>John mentioned.  
>
>  
>


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