The kayak is virtually new with no tax. However, the small front hatch is a real turnoff. The stock rudder sucks. I spent hours modifying my original heavy Nordy. I went over to Ecomarine today to test paddle the Maelstrom Vaag. Nice boat. Not as rock solid on the "rails" as the Tiderace series were. No where near the build toughness as the Brit boats. They didn't have the Shoreline in today that I wanted to try. They did have a nice used Nordkapp LV I was tempted to by, but as I'd cut it up and modify it, it's over $3000.00 is too much. Hiked up Mt. Seymour very early this AM, then hit Deep Cove kayak. The only really nice boat they had was a Romany Surf. Gordin is right, they are really good boats well made for real use survivability. DL Craig said: I have noticed that the market for used kayaks in the Vancouver/Victoria area (or maybe all of BC and even Canada, for all I know) is priced higher than it is in the USA. I've even seen paddlers in BC talk about shopping for used kayaks on the Seattle craigslist to find a boat at a better price. Still... even so... something brand new with a decent spray deck and a good paddle plus the built-in pump and compass might make it a decent deal for someone who likes Nordies. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 6:48 PM, <SNStone_at_aol.com> wrote: > Normally would not reply - but $3200 for a used boat is very high in my > opinion. *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Apr 19 2010 - 21:51:12 PDT
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