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Re: Other: Is a Downriver Racing Kayak good for ge
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 12/24/2015, 1:14 am
In Response To: Other: Is a Downriver Racing Kayak good for general use? (Justin Barnett)

That design doesn't show up, so I suspect it's a very early design. These boats are designed to turn on a dime in rocky rivers, won't go in a straight line without a rudder and no real easy way to mount one. It's ok, not great, for paddling down twisty rivers, not worth it for much of anything else.

Bill H.

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Other: Is a Downriver Racing Kayak good for general use?
Justin Barnett -- 12/23/2015, 10:24 am
Re: Other: Is a Downriver Racing Kayak good for ge
Bill Hamm -- 12/24/2015, 1:14 am
Re: Other: Is a Downriver Racing Kayak good for ge
John D. VanBuren -- 12/24/2015, 7:52 am
Re: Other: Is a Downriver Racing Kayak good for ge *PIC*
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/24/2015, 8:40 am
Re: Other: Is a Downriver Racing Kayak good for ge
JohnK -- 12/24/2015, 2:20 pm
Re: Other: Is a Downriver Racing Kayak good for ge
JohnK -- 12/24/2015, 7:12 pm
Re: Other: Is a Downriver Racing Kayak good for ge
George Groshong -- 12/25/2015, 1:16 pm