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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yost style non-folder questions
By:QayaqGeek
Date: 5/25/2011, 1:38 pm

: Unless you're a very small person a 19" wide kayak for a
: new'er kayaker is very likely to be so tippy you'll never paddle
: it. Not much point in doing that. That's challenging for many
: fairly experienced paddlers.

: Bill H.

I am 5'7" 135lbs wet... I demo paddled a Night Heron High Deck (I think 20" beam) on calm water and I felt very comfy in it. Maybe I should indeed go somewhere between 20" and 22". I have also paddled a Romany surf rm and PH Scorpio and felt quite comfy in them.

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Skin-on-Frame: Yost style non-folder questions...
QayaqGeek -- 5/25/2011, 11:17 am
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Stephen Troy -- 5/25/2011, 12:01 pm
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QayaqGeek -- 5/25/2011, 12:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/26/2011, 7:53 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/25/2011, 1:18 pm
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QayaqGeek -- 5/25/2011, 1:38 pm
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Kudzu/Jeff Horton -- 5/25/2011, 2:27 pm
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QayaqGeek -- 5/25/2011, 5:30 pm
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Kudzu/Jeff Horton -- 5/25/2011, 5:41 pm
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frankp -- 5/25/2011, 9:45 pm
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Bob Johns -- 5/26/2011, 6:58 am
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Allan -- 5/25/2011, 7:10 pm
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Mark Seilis -- 5/25/2011, 11:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/26/2011, 8:00 am
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QayaqGeek/Tavo -- 5/26/2011, 9:04 am
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QayaqGeek/Tavo -- 5/26/2011, 9:08 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/26/2011, 9:40 am
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QayaqGeek/Tavo -- 5/26/2011, 12:33 pm
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QayaqGeek/Tavo -- 5/26/2011, 8:56 am
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Tom Yost -- 5/26/2011, 10:18 am
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QayaqGeek/Tavo -- 5/26/2011, 12:31 pm
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Tom Yost -- 5/26/2011, 11:00 am
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QayaqGeek/Tavo -- 5/26/2011, 12:35 pm
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Kevin McAtee -- 5/26/2011, 3:12 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Thank you gentlemen
QayaqGeek/Tavo -- 5/26/2011, 12:43 pm