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Re: Other: Reviewing home built sea kayaks.
By:JayBabina
Date: 6/24/2017, 2:39 pm
In Response To: Re: Other: Reviewing home built sea kayaks. (Etienne Muller)

I have noticed that some boats have been dropped from designer's catalogues over the years. I guess they tweak the designs, or come up with ones that fill the gap in the inventory slightly better, and phase the less optimum ones out.

Designers of boats (kayaks) are human. Their taste changes too and they are also learning as well. Sometimes certain things become fashionable or popular and a niche gets filled. Many old designs by major kayak builders, Valley, P&H etc get twerked or dropped from the line. So it stands to reason that the same would hold true in the home built markets. It takes a lot of guts to admit that a model was really not that great.

But as far as evaluating boats ... I'm an absolute expert in evaluating what I like which varies all the time.
There's also the spiritual virtue of "acceptance" and nothings perfect unless you think it is.

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Etienne Muller -- 6/24/2017, 9:42 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/24/2017, 10:47 am
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Etienne Muller -- 6/24/2017, 1:10 pm
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scottbaxter -- 6/24/2017, 12:19 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 6/24/2017, 1:08 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/24/2017, 2:01 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/24/2017, 2:05 pm
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JayBabina -- 6/24/2017, 2:39 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/24/2017, 2:10 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 6/25/2017, 7:42 am
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Justin -- 6/26/2017, 6:34 am
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scottbaxter -- 6/26/2017, 9:47 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/26/2017, 11:05 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/6/2017, 2:30 pm
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Justin -- 7/9/2017, 6:52 am
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Etienne Muller -- 7/2/2017, 5:19 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/2/2017, 11:40 am
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Jumbliah -- 7/3/2017, 10:34 am
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Andy Waddington -- 7/21/2017, 11:54 am
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Etienne Muller -- 7/21/2017, 2:55 pm