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Re: yaks for smaller folks? 5'2", 130#

Posted By: lee
Date: Tuesday, 27 July 1999, at 11:45 a.m.

In Response To: yaks for smaller folks? 5'2", 130# (Drew Bateman)

drew, I'm hoping that Nick,John,Chris,et al. are all out there designing a boat for you. My sister paddles my daughters pygmy 13 just fine. The 13 is a "good" design. It took bike manufacturers about 10 years to catch onto the "womens" market, ie: Terry bikes. The mass kayak manufacturers have been making good smaller boats for about ten years so it looks like this boutique industry is about to respond. The only thing I might do for the 13 is add another 1/2" to the top shear panel. Regular stern flotation bags fill the the bow and stern up very well so should you decide to not add bulkheads/hatches the boat is easy to empty. call pygmy , maybe there's a boat in the works.

Messages In This Thread

yaks for smaller folks? 5'2", 130#
Drew Bateman -- Monday, 26 July 1999, at 10:54 p.m.

Re: yaks for smaller folks? 5'2", 130#
lee -- Tuesday, 27 July 1999, at 11:45 a.m.

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