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Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 2/26/2012, 2:58 am
In Response To: Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L" (Bob Johns)

: A new boat that is comfortable, stability wise, will soon become
: boring and limiting.
: A new boat that is tippy will soon become comfortable, stability
: wise.

: ~Bob

To a point. Starting out in a boat that's almost always up side down will tend to scare a new paddler away from the sport.

It's one thing going from a 24" wide rec boat to a 22" sea kayak, something else entirely if you try to move directly to a 19" wide one.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
Matthew -- 2/20/2012, 1:09 pm
Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
Bill Hamm -- 2/20/2012, 4:09 pm
Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
Matthew -- 2/20/2012, 6:57 pm
Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
Kevin Greer -- 2/20/2012, 11:05 pm
Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
Matthew -- 2/20/2012, 11:23 pm
Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
Kevin Greer -- 2/21/2012, 7:31 am
Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
Bill Hamm -- 2/26/2012, 2:55 am
Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
Bill Hamm -- 2/26/2012, 2:53 am
Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
Bill Hamm -- 2/26/2012, 2:51 am
Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
Jerome Jankowski -- 2/21/2012, 8:57 am
Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
Mike Bielski -- 2/21/2012, 9:28 am
Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
Bob Johns -- 2/21/2012, 6:47 pm
Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
Bill Hamm -- 2/26/2012, 2:58 am
Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L" *PIC*
Tom -- 2/24/2012, 3:58 pm
Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
Bob Johns -- 2/24/2012, 6:06 pm
Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
Matthew -- 2/24/2012, 7:03 pm
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Tom -- 2/25/2012, 4:25 am
Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
Kirk Briggs -- 3/6/2012, 8:08 pm
Re: Off Topic: Expedition Single vs Guillemot "L"
Kirk Briggs -- 3/6/2012, 8:10 pm