[Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (i.e. headers/footers/sig lines/extraneous text from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material in addition to removing header/trailers when replying to posts.] Richard: I'm surprised to see this in fiberglass. I still have my old plastic Sea Lion and it is a great knock-around kayak. It's up in Canada at the moment, so I can't measure it, but 19 feet doesn't sound out of range. If the craft is basically seaworthy, then 150 is a bargain. Tom Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard" <rmagill9_at_netscape.net> Subject: [Paddlewise] The Perception Sea Lion > A friend of mine just stumbled on an old fiberglass Perception "Sea > Lion" that he picked up for a hundred and fifty bucks. > Do you know of any where he can find a good review of this boat even > though it is several years old? > > If my memory serves me correctly, the more recent "Sea Lion's" > had basically the same dimensions as Perceptions current model, "The Eclipse;" > yet, my friend's boat is 19 1/2 feet long - almost 2 1/2 feet longer > than the Eclipse. Is his some sort of special racing model? Or did > they just decide to down size one year? *************************************************************************** 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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