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Re: Speed vs weight
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 8/23/2010, 4:36 pm
In Response To: Re: Speed vs weight (scott shurlow)

: Well that's OK... He really wants a cool boat that is lighter
: weight first and foremost. He is not a performance athlete.
: I always assumed my SOF was faster but then again, I stop and start
: a lot, so it really is faster considering it accelerates faster.
: There is no denying that a lighter weight boat is much more
: enjoyable to paddle.
: scott

There are degrees of speed :)

The SOF is no slouch in speed, but compared to something like a K1 it's a barge. Of course if you don't paddle it every day, you might not keep a K1 upright so then it's kinda slow :)

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Sea tour question
Scott Shurlow -- 8/21/2010, 9:44 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea tour question
Scott Shurlow -- 8/22/2010, 9:51 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea tour question
Bill Hamm -- 8/23/2010, 12:24 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea tour question
Shark Bait -- 8/23/2010, 5:27 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea tour question
Bill Hamm -- 8/23/2010, 5:36 pm
Re: Speed vs weight
Kudzu -- 8/22/2010, 11:37 am
Re: Speed vs weight
gmiller -- 8/23/2010, 1:51 pm
Re: Speed vs weight
Kudzu -- 8/23/2010, 3:43 pm
Re: Speed vs weight
gmiller -- 8/24/2010, 10:09 am
Re: Speed vs weight
Bill Hamm -- 8/24/2010, 2:43 pm
Re: Speed vs weight
Bill Hamm -- 8/23/2010, 4:41 pm
Re: Speed vs weight
Will N to Go -- 8/23/2010, 4:35 pm
Re: Speed vs weight
Kudzu -- 8/23/2010, 9:07 pm
Re: Speed vs weight
Will N to Go -- 8/24/2010, 4:15 pm
Re: Speed vs weight
Kudzu -- 8/24/2010, 5:40 pm
Re: Speed vs weight
Bill Hamm -- 8/25/2010, 8:39 am
Re: Speed vs weight
Bill Hamm -- 8/24/2010, 5:01 pm
Re: Speed vs weight
Bill Hamm -- 8/23/2010, 4:42 pm
Re: Speed vs weight
scott shurlow -- 8/23/2010, 2:09 pm
Re: Speed vs weight
Bill Hamm -- 8/23/2010, 4:36 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea tour question
Dave Gentry -- 8/22/2010, 9:06 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea tour question
Stephen Troy -- 8/21/2010, 10:13 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea tour question
Bill Hamm -- 8/22/2010, 12:14 am