Hi Doug, On Friday, February 19, 2010, at 10:08:05 PM PST, you wrote: > There's the Point 65 XP18, but somewhat of an ugly boat. I suspect > that's the issue with 18-foot waterline length kayaks - they just > don't have the sex appeal of the Greenland-styled kayaks. There's always Mark Rogers' "Hawk SS", at 19'6" LOA, with a 17'5" waterline length (scroll down to see specs): http://www.superiorkayaks.com/superiorkayaks2009_006.htm Let's face it; no matter what we paddle, most of us aren't going to be pushing our boats to Olympic race speeds all day long. If my sexy G-Style boats are fast enough for the waters and conditions I paddle, I'm a happy paddler. And I get to paddle these gorgeous works of art! :) Yeah, I know. Beauty is in the subjective eye of the beholder, so even those who paddle the truly butt-ugly boats can be happy too! Life is sweet in that way. ;) > Oh Craig, please don't paddle nude. The world isn't ready. :-) Even my mind's eye is experiencing a vaguely disturbing trauma at this moment. :-/ Please Craig, value Doug's wisdom far more than you paid for it! :) -- Melissa *************************************************************************** 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 - 22:52:36 PST
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