On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:36:58 -0700, "Dave Kruger" <kdruger_at_pacifier.com> said: > Guy south of me a ways on the Oregon Coast. > > He apparently paddles his in serious surf -- the beach there is very > exposed. Given my bias (I run the skin/frame kayak mailing list) I think a skin on frame ends up stronger, in some ways than a 'glass boat. I did demos at a symposium with a friend and our standard response to "it looks fragile" was to lift a 24 pound greenland style boat to eye level and drop it onto the rock beach, where it bounced. At a get together I saw a double kayak made with heavy nylon fabric which was regularly beach landed, fully loaded, onto the barnicle/mussel encrusted rocks on islands in Maine. The skin looked pristine. On a semi tangent, I just got back from the Arctic Kayaks weekend in Mystic Connecticut. At a rolling demo one guy straightjacket rolled his feathercraft Kahuna. So for those who have questioned if a folder can be rolled, it turns out with some considerable skill you don't even need to use your arms or a paddle to roll one... The person rolling the feathercraft was a gentleman from Philadelphia named Dubside. Kirk -- Kirk Olsen *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Sep 12 2004 - 18:49:44 PDT
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