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Thanks everyone!
By:JG
Date: 11/16/1999, 11:04 pm
In Response To: Chesapeake vs LT (JG)

Wow. Great board. Six responses in less then 24 hours. It seems that the concensus is the 16 LT for the wife and the standard Chesapeake 17 for myself. One thing that you guys might get a kick from, is most of you talked about size 11 and up. I neglected to say in my original message that I wear size 13. I did kind of feel ducky sitting in the LT. Paul or anybody, have you tried raising the seat in standard 17 say 3/4" or so? Or does that drastically change the stability?

Thanks again to you all!

Messages In This Thread

Chesapeake vs LT
JG -- 11/16/1999, 2:41 am
Thanks everyone!
JG -- 11/16/1999, 11:04 pm
Re: Thanks everyone!
Paul Connolly -- 11/18/1999, 5:11 pm
Re: Thanks everyone!
lee -- 11/18/1999, 9:06 pm
Higher CG
JG -- 11/18/1999, 8:46 pm
Re: Chesapeake vs LT
Paul Connolly -- 11/16/1999, 3:10 pm
Re:deck whacking
lee -- 11/16/1999, 11:27 pm
Re:deck whacking
Paul Connolly -- 11/18/1999, 3:59 pm
Re: different strokes
lee -- 11/18/1999, 8:59 pm
coaming whacking
Ed Valley -- 11/17/1999, 12:40 pm
Re:deck whacking
Byron Lawrence -- 11/17/1999, 10:44 am
Re: Chesapeake vs LT
Randy Knauff -- 11/16/1999, 1:36 pm
Re: Chesapeake vs LT
lee -- 11/16/1999, 11:39 am
Re: Chesapeake vs LT
TK -- 11/16/1999, 11:04 am
Re: Chesapeake vs LT
Shawn Baker -- 11/16/1999, 9:42 am
Re: Chesapeake vs LT
Chris Bush -- 11/17/1999, 3:53 pm
Another data point:
Shawn Baker -- 11/17/1999, 4:06 pm
Re: Chesapeake vs LT
David Dick -- 11/16/1999, 9:30 am