Chuck wrote: > What type of boat, glass or plastic, decklines in place? > Broad beam or narrow, bulkheads or airbags fore and aft? I assume Mr. > Goodman had a spray skirt that he could remove without difficulty. > > I am particularly interested in the type of paddle (length, > Greenland or Euro, off-set or not). That Mr. Goodman was a > "strong paddler", at times "difficult to keep up with" > suggests to me that he may have used a relatively short Euro > paddle that power paddlers often prefer. > > Was Mr. Goodman able to roll his boat in his younger days? The boat that he has regularly paddled for the last 2 years or so was a Current Designs Solstice GT or GTS in Kevlar, I believe it was the GTS, but I'm not 100% sure. In any event the boat is 17'7" long and either 22 or 24 inches wide. The boat is equipped with two bulkheads and a front and rear hatch plus a rudder. It had full perimeter decklines. Len always wore a pfd and a spray skirt that he had no trouble removing. The paddle he used was a Feathercraft paddle that was longer than most paddlers use today. He never had a roll and finally last year gave up on trying to learn it. He kept saying he no longer had the strength to do that in spite of many people telling him it was not a question of strength. Steve Holtzman *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 18 2007 - 15:30:24 PDT
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