Craig Jungers wrote: > It seems to me that if you weigh somewhere around 150 to 170 pounds you have > a much better chance of getting excellent performance out of a kayak design > than if you weight 240 to 300 pounds [edit]. Is there any basis for > this? Given what is on the market for big guys, probably so. Put the *average* big guy in one tailored as the larger Illusion is for a larger guy, probably not. Reason? Bigger guys tend to be less flexible and not as fit (Am There; Am That). On the other hand, a larger guy who is both *fit and flexible* should be able to do as well in a boat tailored for his body mass as a smaller, equally fit guy would do in what the market currently provides. to wit: put LeBron James in one of those larger Illusions, and I bet he could do what Dubside does, after getting his moves down. Me, not so much, not so much, not so much, not ever! A bottom line for larger, average, guys might be: train *first* so as to get your percent body mass as fat down to something reasonable, and *then* try out an Illusion to see if it is a good investment. The boat will never make the man (or, woman). -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Jun 27 2010 - 18:21:08 PDT
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