I believe Duane Strosaker said something very credible, in that the Broze brothers are very, very serious hull designers who have a deep understanding of kayaks (far more than I by an exponential factor). However, the kayak is a combination of hull and deck that forms a system and I prefer the system that defers to hull performance, rescueability and ease of use by the operator. If you buy the Broze philosophy of paddling you will be well rewarded with a kayak whose hull is peerless, whose construction is peerless (my opinions) and whose deck is not of my preference, (the other part of the system that separates us from open canoes). These are just my opinions and preferences from operating on open water. Like the original operators of closed decked boats, I have my preferences and wish not to pollute my fellow paddlers with my biases and suggest they seek out theirs. I currently paddle the compromise of all comromises, the NDK Explorer. I like it, you may not. That said, If Matt or Cam Broze were speaking about anything related to paddling, I would be listening, very closely. Kind regards, Rob G *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 11 2008 - 15:53:46 PDT
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