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Re: Skin-on-Frame: More Yost Sea Tour 15 EXP
By:Victor Aroyo
Date: 9/9/2010, 5:06 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: More Yost Sea Tour 15 EXP (TheLuckyOne)

: I wouldn't mind hearing from someone who's used it, too. Like you
: said... Google's got nothing review-wise. The closest I could
: find was the Sea Tour 15 R. The differences: the EXP is
: multichine and the R is singlechine; the EXP's wider by 2";
: taller by 2" in the bow and 1" in the stern; the EXP
: has a flat rear deck, whereas the R is peaked. I don't imagine
: we can assume the two have similiar characteristics.

: P.S.: Keep up with the great pics! They're great for those
: "Well, this is how I think it's suppose to go together...
: let's see what someone else thinks" moments.

Well, I've build one a while ago (almost 2 years) but I'm holding my "reviews" as I'm a beginner and since I've got nothing to compare with. Anyway - the boat is great, very fast (at least for me) handles very good with me and gear up (that is a 110kg load at least). Wind has almost no effect on tracking but waves actually do a little. As for gear space - there is a lot of, unfortunately it is hard to load it properly without a hatch, so if I'm going to reskin it someday I'll make rear hatch at least. The cockpit is very roomy but I've made my 3-th station with too tick masik as I wanted it stronger, I was wrong. If I build another one someday I'll make a tinner masik. This will give my legs an additional space and it will be easier to load gear. And for the record - I'm 6.2'/190 lbs.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: More Yost Sea Tour 15 EXP *PIC*
Greywuuf -- 9/7/2010, 1:47 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: More Yost Sea Tour 15 EXP
TheLuckyOne -- 9/7/2010, 11:51 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: More Yost Sea Tour 15 EXP
Victor Aroyo -- 9/9/2010, 5:06 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: More Yost Sea Tour 15 EXP
TheLuckyOne -- 9/9/2010, 7:21 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: More Yost Sea Tour 15 EXP
Victor Aroyo -- 9/10/2010, 6:27 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: More Yost Sea Tour 15 EXP
Greywuuf -- 9/9/2010, 9:53 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: More Yost Sea Tour 15 EXP
Victor Aroyo -- 9/10/2010, 6:31 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: More Yost Sea Tour 15 EXP
Shark Bait -- 9/9/2010, 8:05 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: More Yost Sea Tour 15 EXP
Victor Aroyo -- 9/10/2010, 6:29 am