With all the new designs out there and living in the isolated UP, I no longer have a handle on how fast some of these boats are. I have owned a mariner II for 14 years and have thousands of miles on it. I'm starting to worry about strength of the hull and both ABS bulkheads are held together with duct tape. So I need to glass in some bulkheads at the very least. I'll probably never part with the mariner since it has taken me to such wonderful places and I know exactly how it will handle. But I might consider a second boat that could hold maybe a little less gear but go faster. I don't have much opportunity to try out boats so does anyone know of any boats that are speedier than the mariner II fully loaded with an equivalent payload or a little less? Mike Dziobak Houghton, MI 49931 906-487-3471 Fax: 906-487-2943 *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Nov 03 2003 - 18:23:52 PST
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