Like someone else has said, it provides a means of increasing the volume. This can help float heavier paddlers in shorter boats, and by increasing the width over pointy ended boats it provides more stability in a short package. Nick On Jul 2, 2007, at 9:32 PM, John and Janet MacKechnie wrote: > Can someone why so many manufacturers are lopping off the sterns of > their rec boats and how do sales reps market this as a good thing? > Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA Ph/Fx: (860) 659-8847 http://www.guillemot-kayaks.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 Jul 03 2007 - 08:21:05 PDT
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