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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Cruiser vs Sea Tour?
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 7/9/2014, 2:02 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Cruiser vs Sea Tour? (Bill Hamm)

What I meant was if you want to get out of a kayak when it's inverted, a keyhole cockpit won't in any way hold you in place, you just fall out. Sure you can hold yourself in place and roll, but if you don't know how to roll, that's not exactly an issue.

There isn't a point in having a cockpit bigger than a keyhole one, certainly not for safety.

Bill H.


Got it - sorry I misunderstood ....
Bjorn Thomasson says that (probably mis-quoting him here...) water and a dash of panic make excellent lubricants for exiting kayaks...but I think that's part of the pitch for the Black Pearl and other tighter-fitting boats.

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Skin-on-Frame: Sea Cruiser vs Sea Tour?
jamesshuang -- 7/5/2014, 4:46 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Cruiser vs Sea Tour?
Etienne Muller -- 7/5/2014, 8:29 am
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Etienne Muller -- 7/5/2014, 8:36 am
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Bill Mayberry -- 7/5/2014, 9:59 am
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Etienne Muller -- 7/5/2014, 2:03 pm
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Bill Mayberry -- 7/5/2014, 2:55 pm
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jamesshuang -- 7/5/2014, 2:19 pm
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Lodeon -- 7/5/2014, 12:07 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/6/2014, 12:39 am
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Sean Dawe -- 7/7/2014, 8:18 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/7/2014, 12:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/8/2014, 12:16 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/8/2014, 1:05 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/9/2014, 1:23 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/9/2014, 2:02 am
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Sean Dawe -- 7/7/2014, 8:21 am
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Allan -- 7/5/2014, 8:00 pm
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jamesshuang -- 7/5/2014, 8:10 pm
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Allan -- 7/5/2014, 11:27 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/6/2014, 11:57 am
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Etienne Muller -- 7/6/2014, 5:19 am
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Ken Blanton -- 7/6/2014, 5:52 am
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Jon Mortimer -- 7/6/2014, 8:41 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Cruiser vs Sea Tour? *PIC*
jamesshuang -- 7/7/2014, 12:00 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/7/2014, 12:15 pm
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jamesshuang -- 7/7/2014, 12:54 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/7/2014, 1:18 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/8/2014, 12:21 am
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jamesshuang -- 7/8/2014, 12:59 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/9/2014, 1:28 am
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Jon Mortimer -- 7/8/2014, 3:46 pm
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jamesshuang -- 7/8/2014, 6:18 pm
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Jon Mortimer -- 7/9/2014, 9:28 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Cruiser vs Sea Tour?
Bill Hamm -- 7/7/2014, 12:29 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Cruiser vs Sea Tour?
Bill Hamm -- 7/7/2014, 12:30 am