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Re: Review: Zegul "Baidarka" vs Aleutesque
By:ancient kayaker
Date: 7/1/2011, 10:52 pm
In Response To: Re: Review: Zegul "Baidarka" vs Aleutesque (Etiennemuller Muller Ireland)

: Hi Daan. I got to paddle one of those yellow jobs many years ago.
: It belonged to a Dutch friend. It was a weird boat. If the skeg
: is not deployed it can turn around a radius with the bow as the
: centre.

: I was delighted to hand the boat back as I was dreading what would
: happen in the event of a skeg failure with me far from home.

: Et

Me too: got one as a rental for a club outing but was unable to keep it in a straight line and could not keep up with the others. Glad to return it: the rental company had removed the skeg to prevent it being damaged. I told them what I though about that; I wonder if they'd like to try driving a rental car supplied with the steering wheel removed for the same reason?

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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/30/2011, 9:47 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 6/30/2011, 10:29 am
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Heatherjen -- 6/30/2011, 11:59 am
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Stephen Troy -- 6/30/2011, 1:00 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 6/30/2011, 2:37 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 6/30/2011, 4:00 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/1/2011, 2:11 am
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dhwdaniels -- 7/1/2011, 5:40 am
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 7/1/2011, 6:33 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 7/1/2011, 10:52 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 7/2/2011, 4:54 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2011, 2:18 am
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dhwdaniels -- 7/3/2011, 5:43 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 7/3/2011, 6:15 pm
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dhwdaniels -- 7/3/2011, 6:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2011, 2:17 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/2/2011, 6:19 am
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dhwdaniels -- 7/3/2011, 5:44 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/4/2011, 12:32 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 7/6/2011, 8:16 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/6/2011, 8:19 am
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Ian Johnson -- 7/4/2011, 12:39 am