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Re: Strip: Why I Like Strip Kayaks
By:Eric
Date: 4/28/2011, 12:40 pm
In Response To: Strip: Why I Like Strip Kayaks *PIC* (Bryan Hansel)

When I pull up to the beach in my S&G, people want to see it. I've seen beaches covered with manufactured boats and it is like they don't exist, but when my boat is on the beach, it draws people like crazy. I've had random little kids run up and hop in the seat gleefully. I've had total strangers giving me thumbs up while driving down the freeway and have been asked on more than one occasion if my boats were for sale.

I've paddle more than a few manufactured kayaks and they just don't feel the same. They aren't as comfortable, fast or responsive as my S&G. My wife and I have now been on several week long expeditions in our kayaks and they still look like new.

There is also the knowledge that comes with the construction. You learn a lot about what a kayak should feel like and look like when you build it yourself, to say nothing of the repair ability of one you build yourself.

Eric M.

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Strip: Why I Like Strip Kayaks *PIC*
Bryan Hansel -- 4/27/2011, 10:26 pm
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Glen Smith -- 4/27/2011, 10:59 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 4/28/2011, 5:10 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/28/2011, 7:22 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 4/28/2011, 10:46 am
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Clayton Plunkett -- 4/28/2011, 9:31 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 4/28/2011, 10:48 am
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mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 4/28/2011, 9:52 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 4/28/2011, 10:42 am
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Reg Lake -- 4/28/2011, 10:26 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 4/28/2011, 10:40 am
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Reg Lake -- 4/28/2011, 11:40 am
Whoops! that reply was intended for Malcolm *NM*
Reg Lake -- 4/28/2011, 11:41 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/28/2011, 11:30 am
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Eric -- 4/28/2011, 12:40 pm
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 4/28/2011, 12:48 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 4/28/2011, 7:41 pm
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dave g -- 4/29/2011, 12:39 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/29/2011, 7:22 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 4/29/2011, 9:10 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/29/2011, 9:35 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 4/29/2011, 5:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/30/2011, 7:17 am
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Al Edie -- 4/29/2011, 9:26 pm