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West River 180 finished ( almost )
Finally finishing up my West River 180 ( the original 180) that I started building back in 2002!
I had it CLOSE to being complete within a few months of starting it way back then, but we moved to a new house, and I hung the unfinished project in the new garage to be completed once we were settled in the new place. Well, 11 years later I guess we're finally settled in! I got the WR180 down a few weeks ago, got the coaming on it, another coat of epoxy and rigged it out. Going to paddle it a couple weeks, before removing the rigging and doing the final varnish.
Dave H
2 replies:
RE: West River 180 finished ( almost )
Ok it's tippy. Ill gather you got that from the pool session. If you tried sweep strokes you'll see its not easy to persuade this kayak away from a straight line. Its doable but it can be distracting in following seas. It IS a very fast hull. Wether I paddle or sail mine its always got a nice easily attainable higher end cruise speed than typical hard chines. Again, more tippy with less bilge but its a slick quick ride. With the sailrig it'll go anywhere . With paddle alone I prefer protected waters.
Congrats - u will put on the miles.
Pete
RE: West River 180 finished ( almost )
» Submitted by George K - Thu, 8/15/13 » 6:42 AM
Nice looking boat even after all those years! Pool paddles are okay but just wait till you get that thing out in the open! I have a WR18 and love paddling it.
George K