Re: [Paddlewise] Folbot "Cooper" kayak

So, Craig, where are you planning on hiding your new "Cooper"?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Jungers" <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
To: "Paddlewise" <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 1:28 PM
Subject: [Paddlewise] Folbot "Cooper" kayak


> Somehow I managed to get onto the Folbot mailing list but since it's not
> intrusive or anything I've either read them as they come across my desktop
> or archived them if I wasn't in the mood or didn't have time. Today I 
> looked
> through one of their emails and discovered that they have a 20% discount
> sale on their "Cooper", a 16-1/2 foot folding sea kayak. They're only 
> $1395.
> Probably plus shipping, etc. But jeez. that's a huge discount from some of
> the other folders which can cost upwards of $4,000.
>
> I know Dave Kruger has a couple Folbots but they aren't the "Cooper". I'm
> just wondering if anyone has paddled one and what they think of it. They 
> no
> longer come in two bags but just one and it appears that their tensioning
> system is pretty spiffy. In short, I'm pretty impressed. And if my wife
> hadn't already told me that I have enough kayaks, I'd probably be trying 
> to
> weasel my way into one. But I'm not that kind of guy, no sirreee.
>
> So anyway... who has one or has paddled one? What do you think of it? 
> Where
> have you paddled it?
>
> Craig Jungers
> Moses Lake, WA
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