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Re: Get a hobby Isaiah
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 10/21/2003, 1:04 pm
In Response To: Re: Get a hobby Isaiah (Annapolis)

When you go to any wooden boat event, you can always tell the boats designed and built by experienced paddlers from the boats built by woodworkers who are novice paddlers. CLC caters more to the latter group. After paddling most of CLC's offerings, it's pretty obvious that they fit into the same category as many plastic boats; they are boats that you grow out of rather than boats you grow into. There's nothing wrong with that, as long as that's the market you want to service. However, none of their in-house designs are well suited for advanced paddlers/paddling and they shouldn't be marketed as such. I also have a problem with the fact that they're relying on their customers' inexperience to hide the flaws in their boat designs.

BTW, the people that I've met from CLC have always been really nice and very helpful. There's no faulting them in that department.

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Coho vs. WR18
Jay Nelson -- 10/7/2003, 12:18 pm
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
LeeG -- 10/9/2003, 11:15 am
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
LeeG -- 10/7/2003, 5:29 pm
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
LeeG -- 10/7/2003, 5:56 pm
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
LeeG -- 10/11/2003, 4:37 am
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
mike allen -- 10/11/2003, 6:01 am
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
LeeG -- 10/12/2003, 9:38 am
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
Isaiah -- 10/14/2003, 9:22 am
Get a hobby Isaiah
Chip Sandresky -- 10/16/2003, 12:49 pm
Re: Get a hobby Isaiah
Isaiah -- 10/17/2003, 12:41 pm
The king has no clothes
Brian Nystrom -- 10/20/2003, 1:32 pm
Re: beat that horse
LeeG -- 10/22/2003, 10:02 am
Re: Get a hobby Isaiah
Annapolis -- 10/17/2003, 7:21 pm
Re: Get a hobby Isaiah
LeeG -- 10/19/2003, 12:06 pm
Re: Get a hobby Isaiah
Annapolis -- 10/20/2003, 1:59 pm
Re: Get a hobby Isaiah
Brian Nystrom -- 10/21/2003, 1:04 pm
Re: Get a hobby Isaiah
Annapolis -- 10/21/2003, 2:10 pm
Re: OT, and dissappearing in a few days
LeeG -- 10/17/2003, 2:21 pm
Re: Get a hobby Isaiah
Dave Murray -- 10/17/2003, 1:44 pm
Re: Get a hobby Isaiah
brancher -- 10/16/2003, 5:47 pm
Re: a leader in the..
LeeG -- 10/16/2003, 9:45 am
Re: a leader in the industry
LeeG -- 10/15/2003, 2:14 am
Re: a leader in the industry
Jay Nelson -- 10/15/2003, 12:52 pm
Re: a leader in the industry
LeeG -- 10/15/2003, 4:21 pm
Re: a leader in the industry
LeeG -- 10/15/2003, 11:22 am
Re: a leader in the industry
Isaiah -- 10/15/2003, 12:51 pm
Re: and now we have fun
LeeG -- 10/15/2003, 5:29 pm
Re: a leader in the industry
Dave Murray -- 10/15/2003, 3:31 pm
Re: a leader in the industry
Annapolis -- 10/15/2003, 2:17 pm
Re: a leader in the industry
Jim Kozel -- 10/15/2003, 2:15 pm
we're screwed!!
mike allen -- 10/14/2003, 7:15 pm
Re: linseed bread or pumpernikel?
LeeG -- 10/14/2003, 11:17 pm
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
Ted Henry -- 10/14/2003, 6:23 pm
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
LeeG -- 10/14/2003, 6:12 pm
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
Dave Murray -- 10/14/2003, 10:37 am
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
LeeG -- 10/11/2003, 11:56 am
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
mike allen -- 10/12/2003, 5:45 pm
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
LeeG -- 10/12/2003, 8:07 pm
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
mike allen -- 10/12/2003, 9:18 pm
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
LeeG -- 10/12/2003, 11:19 pm
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
mike allen -- 10/13/2003, 1:08 am
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
LeeG -- 10/13/2003, 8:13 am
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
mike allen -- 10/13/2003, 4:23 pm
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18 *LINK* *Pic*
John in CT -- 10/7/2003, 5:11 pm
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
Steve C -- 10/7/2003, 3:24 pm
stolen boat - bugger
Pete Notman -- 10/8/2003, 4:54 am
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18 *LINK* *Pic*
Steve Pituch -- 10/7/2003, 3:03 pm
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
Arko Bronaugh -- 10/7/2003, 1:51 pm
Re: S&G: Coho vs. WR18
Jim Kozel -- 10/7/2003, 1:29 pm