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I'm not so sure of that

Posted By: Kurt Hoffman
Date: Monday, 8 September 2003, at 10:30 a.m.

In Response To: As soon as I heard 21" beam..........uh oh (David)

: Its too skinny. Alot of your body weight is UP THERE, not DOWN HERE. Not a
: compact little Inuit body, noooooooo.. Its tippy for you. As soon as I got
: to the words "21" beam, and 18' hull, I said, tippy boat.

Hello All,
I'm not sure I believe that 21in means tippy. I'm no expert by any means.My experience was that: as a second season paddler (mostly flat water,Rookie) I was at a wooden kayak show and test paddled a Merganser (i don't know the beam)which I found very twitchy and unnerving.Then I test paddled Jay Babina's Outer Island which is 21in x 17'10'' and it was completely calm,stable not twitchy in the least. This happened a couple of years ago when I had very little paddling time in the saddle. For me 21in doesn't neccessarily equal tippy. I'm 6'2'',200lbs., 40L sport coat by the way. IMHO
Kurt Hoffman

Messages In This Thread

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Jim Kozel -- Thursday, 4 September 2003, at 3:41 p.m.

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Hans Friedel -- Thursday, 4 September 2003, at 4:15 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill -BALANCE BALL
davemcadoo -- Friday, 26 September 2003, at 2:39 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Paul Jacob -- Friday, 5 September 2003, at 12:14 a.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Jim Kozel -- Friday, 5 September 2003, at 2:09 p.m.

Re: Is it worth it?
Paul -- Saturday, 6 September 2003, at 8:07 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Petewp -- Thursday, 25 September 2003, at 4:59 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Petewp -- Wednesday, 24 September 2003, at 9:46 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Karl H -- Friday, 5 September 2003, at 7:03 a.m.

As soon as I heard 21" beam..........uh oh
David -- Saturday, 6 September 2003, at 1:29 a.m.

Re: As soon as I heard 21" beam..........uh oh
Shawn Baker -- Sunday, 7 September 2003, at 8:43 p.m.

I'm not so sure of that
Kurt Hoffman -- Monday, 8 September 2003, at 10:30 a.m.

Re: I'm not so sure of that
Petewp -- Wednesday, 24 September 2003, at 9:53 p.m.

Re: I'm not so sure of that
Kurt Hoffman -- Thursday, 25 September 2003, at 11:33 a.m.

Re: I'm not so sure of that
Brian Nystrom -- Thursday, 25 September 2003, at 1:31 p.m.

Re: Primary Staility & Skinny Kayaks *Pic*
Mike Hanks -- Monday, 8 September 2003, at 5:20 p.m.

Re: Primary Staility & Skinny Kayaks
Eric -- Thursday, 11 September 2003, at 3:53 p.m.

Re: Primary Staility & Skinny Kayaks
Mike Hanks -- Thursday, 11 September 2003, at 4:45 p.m.

Re: As soon as I heard 21" beam..........uh oh
Petewp -- Wednesday, 24 September 2003, at 9:51 p.m.

Re: As soon as I heard 21" beam..........uh oh
Brian Nystrom -- Thursday, 25 September 2003, at 1:22 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Wayne oulsen -- Saturday, 6 September 2003, at 5:47 a.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
jimkozel -- Saturday, 6 September 2003, at 9:50 a.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
John D. -- Saturday, 6 September 2003, at 12:09 p.m.

Re: Cunningham S&G
Don -- Sunday, 7 September 2003, at 11:14 p.m.

Re: Cunningham S&G
John D. -- Monday, 8 September 2003, at 1:40 a.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
sing -- Saturday, 6 September 2003, at 8:52 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Jim Kozel -- Saturday, 6 September 2003, at 9:44 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Wayne Poulsen -- Monday, 22 September 2003, at 2:11 a.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
jimkozel -- Monday, 22 September 2003, at 7:07 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Petewp -- Wednesday, 24 September 2003, at 10:03 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Kris Buttermore -- Tuesday, 23 September 2003, at 6:35 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
jimkozel -- Tuesday, 23 September 2003, at 10:33 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Kris Buttermore -- Wednesday, 24 September 2003, at 11:33 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Jim Kozel -- Thursday, 25 September 2003, at 9:58 a.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Kris Buttermore -- Thursday, 25 September 2003, at 4:22 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Kris Buttermore -- Thursday, 25 September 2003, at 8:42 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Paul Jacob -- Friday, 26 September 2003, at 12:06 p.m.

Re: Q700s 'n Surf Skis
Kris Buttermore -- Friday, 26 September 2003, at 5:13 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Steve -- Thursday, 25 September 2003, at 11:54 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
jimkozel -- Friday, 26 September 2003, at 12:32 a.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Wayne Poulsen -- Sunday, 28 September 2003, at 9:45 p.m.

Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
jimkozel -- Sunday, 28 September 2003, at 11:47 p.m.

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