Re: [Paddlewise] Are Sea Kayaks Seaworthy?

From: Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:54:57 -0700
Melissa Reese wrote:

[Re: http://www.wavewalk.com/KAYAK%20SEAWORTHINESS.html ]

> I hope John Winters will chime in here and let us know how he feels
> about being used as he was for "making the case" in this Timmyesque
> sales pitch.

My exact reaction, also.  The odour of scam permeated.

The pitch focuses on the extraordinary initial stability of the WWalker, 
and not at all on the fact that it would be more stable inverted, with the 
rider/paddler also inverted.  And, in surf?  Forget it.

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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