Carey Parks said> > Anyone have first-hand experience with a CD Caribou? I'm thinking of > buying > a 2010 model in kevlar that's lightly used. I'm going to hate myself for taking the bait but here goes. My first kayak was the hard chined Arctic Tern, it had high initial stability and zero secondary. In other words you could hang out there on edge until you crossed the line then it would simply turn turtle. The Tern would also carve turns like an Olympic skier on a slalom course. OK that's back ground. The hard chined CD Caribou I paddled (about 5 years ago) had low initial stability which came as a sudden and wet surprise. I also found it hard to turn. It was faster, possibly due to being slightly narrower. But I'm usually never in a rush so that advantage was wasted on me. I got out of the boat wondering how CD could mess up such a simple design. Anyone I know who has purchased this boat has moved on to others shortly there after, this may explain why the one you've found is new and lightly used. These are my humble opinions. I may be in a minority and I may have just opened up a can of worms. In which case grab some poles and lets go fishing. You might also want to contact Matt Boze, he'll likely have a book or detailed notes on the Caribou. Gordin *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Feb 19 2010 - 16:01:35 PST
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