The Struer Fenga 75 (and 85) were 17-0 by 20" wide according to the 1975 Canoe magazine Buyer's Guide. For the Fenga 75 the Buyer's Guide listed its use as "CR" which stood for "casual recreation" (but it was probably at least an Olympic trainer if not an outdated full on Olympic Flat Water Sprint Kayak). Most likely, like the Struer Slender, it was 5.2 meters long (~17' 0.7") by 52cm wide (~20.5"), the Olympic Flatwater racing kayak dimensions. I have paddled a Slender. It is very tippy for a sea kayak, but not nearly as tippy as most Olympic Flatwater kayaks. The Slender is considered an Olympic Flatwater trainer. I hope that if I ever reach the age of 82 that I'll still be able to keep an Olympic Flatwater kayak from tipping over for a few seconds at least. This seems to be a totally inappropriate kayak for anyone of that age. Was it his only kayak? Did he paddle regularly in it from this location? Had he just gotten some bad medical news? My mother has advanced Alzheimer's. As tragic as this kayaking "accident" may be there are a lot worse ways one can expire. Matt Broze www.marinerkayaks.com *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Dec 02 2003 - 16:00:19 PST
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