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Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
By:Scott Fitzgerrell
Date: 9/11/2010, 5:40 pm
In Response To: Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed (Robin Boys)

: Both are Shooting Stars.

Kurt, as a smaller guy who paddles rough water, you'd really enjoy the SS. In Ken Katz's review on Rob's site he says, "My feeling is that the large rocker in the bow and the very full sections forward don't help speed in flat water, but when there is any texture to the water it seems to be an asset." This is spot-on in my experience. On flat lakes, I admire my wife's Storm SLT for the way it slices along and leaves hardly any wake. On SF Bay in ebb chop, or on Tahoe when it blows up on the east shore, the Shooting Star just shines. You can point it securely in any direction at will, it surfs like a mad thing, doesn't care about wind, and is surprisingly dry, given its low profile. Very quick and maneuverable--and well mannered when the water isn't.

--Scott

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Bow and Stern of a Baidarka
Clayton Plunkett -- 9/10/2010, 2:00 pm
Re: Strip: Bow and Stern of a Baidarka
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/11/2010, 12:23 pm
Re: Strip: Bow and Stern of a Baidarka
Clayton Plunkett -- 9/11/2010, 1:19 pm
Re: Strip: Bow and Stern of a Baidarka
Stephen Troy -- 9/10/2010, 2:06 pm
Re: Strip: Bow and Stern of a Baidarka
Clayton Plunkett -- 9/10/2010, 2:46 pm
Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Kurt Maurer -- 9/10/2010, 7:13 pm
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Robert N Pruden -- 9/13/2010, 6:18 pm
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Bill Hamm -- 9/11/2010, 11:35 am
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Clayton Plunkett -- 9/11/2010, 9:46 am
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Kurt Maurer -- 9/11/2010, 6:28 pm
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Clayton Plunkett -- 9/11/2010, 6:50 pm
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Kurt Maurer -- 9/11/2010, 6:56 pm
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed *PIC*
Clayton Plunkett -- 9/11/2010, 7:39 pm
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Kurt Maurer -- 9/11/2010, 7:41 pm
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Clayton Plunkett -- 9/11/2010, 7:06 pm
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Kurt Maurer -- 9/11/2010, 7:38 pm
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 9/11/2010, 6:39 am
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Clayton Plunkett -- 9/10/2010, 7:30 pm
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Kurt Maurer -- 9/10/2010, 7:38 pm
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Robin Boys -- 9/11/2010, 5:17 am
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Robin Boys -- 9/11/2010, 5:19 am
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 9/11/2010, 5:40 pm
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/13/2010, 12:22 pm
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 9/13/2010, 1:12 pm
Re: Clayton, you are evil & must be destroyed
Etienne Muller -- 9/11/2010, 5:02 am