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Sit on top design?
Posted by Laszlo on Jan 25, 2005
Until very recently I would have thought of this as heresy, but I just had a life-changing event.
I just got back from a vacation in Hawaii where, among other things, I went sea kayaking on one of those sit on top tupperware clorox bottles. The boat was heavy, leaked from a cracked joint and tracked like a drunk ice-skating in a high wind. BUT, I was able to take it a mile off of Maui in 4 ft swells with a cross wind, get into snorkelling gear, go snorkelling on a reef, get back on board unassisted and revert back to paddling mode. I don't see any way I could have done that if I had been using one of CLC's designs (try putting on extra large flippers in a CH17 cockpit).
So, my question is, is there a chance for a sit on top sea kayak design so that I can do this with a high quality, designed for performance (rather than mold extraction), lightweight boat?
Laszlo
PS - the life-changing event was swimming underwater with sea-turtles while hearing the humpbacks singing all around me.
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- Re: Sit on top design? by Mac on Jan 25, 2005
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Re: The CLC Sit On Top... by mike noeske on Jan 25, 2005
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Re: The CLC Sit On Top... by Dan on Jan 27, 2005
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What newsletter? by Parke on Jan 25, 2005
- Re: Sit on top design? by LeeG on Jan 25, 2005
- OC1 by craig on Jan 25, 2005
- Re: Sit on top design? by Laszlo on Jan 26, 2005
- Barnacle Bill the Turtle by Mac on Jan 26, 2005
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Reply to Laz & You Too! by Kurt Maurer on Jan 26, 2005
- Re: Reply to Laz & You To by Laszlo on Jan 27, 2005
- Re: Reply to Laz & You To by Mark Camp on Jan 27, 2005
- Re: Reply to Laz & You To by Laszlo on Jan 28, 2005
- Re: Reply to Laz & You To by Mark Camp on Jan 28, 2005
- Re: Reply to Laz & You To by Laszlo on Jan 28, 2005
- Re: Reply to Laz & You To by Mark Camp on Jan 27, 2005
- Re: Reply to Laz & You To by Laszlo on Jan 27, 2005
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Re: Sit on top design? by CLC on Jan 28, 2005
- Re: Sit on top design? by craig on Jan 28, 2005