Re: [Paddlewise] Inappropriate For Modern Kayaking

From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:37:24 -0500
Craig Jungers wrote:
> And someone bought it! And they paid $162.50 for it too. LOL
>
> Hey, I have a Loon 130 my daughter learned to paddle in and that she used to
> introduce her boyfriend (now husband) to kayaking (he capsized it twice).
> They both have Nimbus kevlar kaya.... er, deathtraps.
>
> You have to start somewhere. :)
>   
In my case, although I owned a couple of canoes long, long ago, my first 
kayak was a Perception Caspia, a 12' long, 28" wide recreational kayak, 
the because I didn't know any better assumed I could use for fishing, 
paddling on our large lake, and maybe even run some easy whitewater 
(sound familiar?).  After buying the kayak I took a "Introduction to Sea 
Kayaking"  course where I got to paddle several touring kaya...er, death 
traps.  Within three weeks of buying my first kayak I started shopping 
for a new one.  I ended up selling the Caspia (for about half what I 
paid for it) about a month after I bought my second kayak , a fiberglass 
VCP Skerray.   I still paddle the Skerray quite a bit, almost 
exclusively since my cedar strip Outer Island was broken in half.
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