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Re: Epoxy: Carbon Fiber BackJoy
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 6/11/2014, 2:16 am
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Carbon Fiber BackJoy (JohnAbercrombie)

I still find it amazing that they can keep a modern K1 upright long enough to get it moving. Most kayaks are stable once it's going, just have to not go swimming before that happens.

A few years ago I got to try two K1's, one from as I remember the 1970's that was actually a lot of fun to paddle, very fast and easy to paddle though pretty unstable. Also got to hang onto the dock trying to keep a more modern one upright, never even tried to paddle it. They say it had a stability level of 1 on a scale of 1-10, for me it was more like a negative 5.

Bill H.

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Epoxy: Carbon Fiber BackJoy *PIC*
John Messinger -- 6/8/2014, 8:56 pm
Re: Epoxy: Carbon Fiber BackJoy
scottbaxter -- 6/8/2014, 11:10 pm
Re: Epoxy: Carbon Fiber BackJoy
John Messinger -- 6/9/2014, 5:53 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 6/10/2014, 9:41 am
Re: Epoxy: Carbon Fiber BackJoy
John Messinger -- 6/10/2014, 10:11 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/10/2014, 1:36 pm
Re: Epoxy: Carbon Fiber BackJoy
wanderfalk -- 6/10/2014, 3:03 pm
Re: Epoxy: Carbon Fiber BackJoy
Bill Hamm -- 6/11/2014, 2:13 am
Re: Epoxy: Carbon Fiber BackJoy *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 6/10/2014, 4:15 pm
Re: Epoxy: Carbon Fiber BackJoy
John Messinger -- 6/10/2014, 5:10 pm
Re: Epoxy: Carbon Fiber BackJoy
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 6/13/2014, 8:49 am
Re: Epoxy: Carbon Fiber BackJoy
JohnAbercrombie -- 6/10/2014, 6:34 pm
Re: Epoxy: Carbon Fiber BackJoy
Bill Hamm -- 6/11/2014, 2:16 am