> Can somebody give me their honest

> Toni,Toni,Toni, you appear to be stuck. One thing you might consider is to
> buy a fine paddle and spend the next year paddling everything in sight and
> taking classes. Jack said it best addressing the "performance"
> issue. I'm not sure what kind of pencil e.cummings used or pen Shakespeare
> had, but they must have performed well.

> I just came back from Maine and I swear I was starting to think I was
> recognizing individual CLC boats from Maryland coming down I-95.

> I think folks have a desire to ascribe totemic powers to things, the best
> way to do this is to make the totem. this line of thought gets a little
> odd.

> I have owned about 4 glass boats,3 plastic,made 7 S&G boats. I think that
> a molded,compound curved hull and deck shape will untimately yield a
> better performing design. My experience is that those people more
> experienced than I that can articulate and perceive these
> "performance characteristics" have other priorities than
> "wine-tasting" different kayaks,,,they just paddle.

> A Wilderness Systems Alto is a top notched professionally made roto-molded
> polyethylene kayak, you couldn't go wrong with it,it costs about the same
> as a kit. You could get a very,very good paddle for $150-$250 and be
> paddling and dreaming about the perfect boat. all in good fun Point well taken Lee. Toni