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Re: Other: Triple K2--Paddling Solo
By:anewhouse
Date: 8/16/2016, 9:18 pm
In Response To: Other: Triple K2--Paddling Solo (John Bell)

I think it would be quite good on flattish water.

A 75 yr old friend of mine has a Simon River K1 Laser. It is a K1 Masters. He bought it in Canada and used it there for a while and now paddles it in Australia.

I have the impression that Simon River knows how to build good kayaks.

Having chines is not the only way to get stability. One easy way is to have quite a bit of the length of the kayak close to the maximum waterline beam. In other words avoiding the very fine bow of a racing kayak.

A shallow U shaped hull is a sensible choice for a reasonably fast, reasonable stable recreational kayak.

At 21 ft it will be slower with one paddler than a 17 ft similar shape because of the extra wetted area, but should move along very nicely with two paddlers.

Some compromise or multi purpose designs don't work very well. I think this one would work.

If you do go ahead with the purchase, I would love to hear your report on how well it works.

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Other: Triple K2--Paddling Solo
John Bell -- 8/16/2016, 7:24 pm
Re: Other: Triple K2--Paddling Solo
anewhouse -- 8/16/2016, 9:18 pm
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John Bell -- 8/16/2016, 9:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/17/2016, 3:22 am
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Mike Bielski -- 8/17/2016, 7:59 pm
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John Bell -- 8/17/2016, 8:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/18/2016, 12:23 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/1/2016, 10:57 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 9/2/2016, 8:38 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/2/2016, 8:37 pm