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Re: Strip: low volume kayak
By:Wayne Two
Date: 7/24/2011, 7:51 pm
In Response To: Strip: low volume kayak (Nick Riccardi)

: Hi All, I hope someone can educate me, from time to time I read on
: this forum about a low volume kayaks and would like to know
: what makes a low or high volume kayak, and is my Night Heron low or
: high volume kayak (just trying to understand the pro lingo)
: as always thanks for your help Nick R.

Here is a general guide. Most commercial sea kayaks are high volume. Most of the ones that claim to be low volume are medium volume. Greenland kayak replicas are low volume, some lower than others. I'd call NH a medium.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: low volume kayak
Nick Riccardi -- 7/18/2011, 2:56 pm
Re: Strip: low volume kayak
StephenHJ -- 7/18/2011, 3:25 pm
Re: Strip: low volume kayak
John Caldeira -- 7/19/2011, 1:07 am
Re: Strip: low volume kayak
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/24/2011, 7:38 pm
Re: Strip: low volume kayak
Wayne Two -- 7/24/2011, 7:51 pm