Light kayaks CAN be inexpensive and durable. Never judge a book by it's cover. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a7Zf1QtHsg I've had many rock encounters worse than this, in the baidarka, and haven't had a single tear in the skin or leak. Worst case - a bit of scraped varnish that weeped a few teaspoons of water per hour. I replace the sacrificial Gorilla tape on the keel when it gets ratty... Reg Lake caught me at my finest while I was goofing around off Sooke and got lifted and tossed by a sneaky little wave. I can give the slower Surf-Skis a run for their money now, and I imagine with a serious training program and a wing paddle I could probably up the ante... ~daniel~ *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Mar 09 2011 - 19:48:17 PST
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