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Re: What's the BEST kit for performance/touring??
By:Mike Hanks
Date: 7/14/1999, 10:07 am

> Sea Kayaker gave rave reviews of the Pygmy Coho, with comments like "
> top of my ratings for expedition-style kayak" and "Of all of the
> boats I have reviewed, the Coho is my hands down favorite". I haven't
> paddled the Coho yet, I built an Arctic Tern and just love paddling it. I
> like it's lines and manuverability. The Coho is faster and tracks
> straighter from what I have read. Pygmy also makes the Ospry HP that is
> very fast and very hard to turn. I paddled Jo Greenley's Redfiish Silver
> at the Wooden Boat Show in Seattle, it is a beautiful boat that is
> extreemly light, tracks very straight and is quite fast, but it is hard to
> turn, compared to my Arctic Tern. If you can test boats before you build,
> I would highly recommend it.

> I hope this helps, Mike

It seems the link did not work, try www.pygmyboats.com/ and look in the articles section. Also when I paddled the silver it did not have foot braces yet, I'm sure it would do a leaned turn more comfortably with these installed.

Mike

Messages In This Thread

What's the BEST kit for performance/touring??
Bill Oetjen -- 7/11/1999, 11:53 am
Re: What's the BEST kit for performance/touring??
Bill Oetjen -- 7/21/1999, 11:54 am
Re: What's the BEST kit for performance/touring??
lee -- 7/21/1999, 1:43 pm
Re: What's the BEST kit for performance/touring??
Dean Trexel -- 7/17/1999, 10:39 pm
Re: What's the BEST kit for performance/touring??
Bill Oetjen -- 7/21/1999, 11:56 am
Re: What's the BEST kit for performance/touring??
John King -- 7/16/1999, 3:21 pm
Re: What's the BEST kit for performance/touring??
John Herr -- 7/16/1999, 2:36 pm
Re: What's the BEST kit for performance/touring??
Mike Hanks -- 7/14/1999, 9:53 am
Re: What's the BEST kit for performance/touring??
Mike Hanks -- 7/14/1999, 10:07 am
Re: What's performance/touring??
lee -- 7/12/1999, 11:06 am
Re: pygmy Osprey HP
Bill Oetjen -- 7/21/1999, 11:38 am
Re: pygmy Osprey HP
lee -- 7/21/1999, 1:33 pm