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Re: Other: Reviewing home built sea kayaks.
By:Etienne Muller
Date: 7/2/2017, 5:19 am
In Response To: Other: Reviewing home built sea kayaks. (Etienne Muller)

Discussing a boat with someone by email, another thought occurred to me, and that is that vital statistics need to be accounted for as well. Weight, height, foot size, fitness level, etc.

Some boats work fairly well across a wide displacement range, some may behave fine, but might handle quite differently at differing displacements, while others may like a specific weight range. It would be a bit unfair to judge a boat harshly that is being used by someone who is totally the wrong size for it.

Et.

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Other: Reviewing home built sea kayaks.
Etienne Muller -- 6/24/2017, 9:42 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/24/2017, 10:47 am
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Etienne Muller -- 6/24/2017, 1:10 pm
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scottbaxter -- 6/24/2017, 12:19 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 6/24/2017, 1:08 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/24/2017, 2:01 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/24/2017, 2:05 pm
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JayBabina -- 6/24/2017, 2:39 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/24/2017, 2:10 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 6/25/2017, 7:42 am
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Justin -- 6/26/2017, 6:34 am
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scottbaxter -- 6/26/2017, 9:47 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/26/2017, 11:05 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/6/2017, 2:30 pm
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Justin -- 7/9/2017, 6:52 am
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Etienne Muller -- 7/2/2017, 5:19 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 7/2/2017, 11:40 am
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Jumbliah -- 7/3/2017, 10:34 am
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Andy Waddington -- 7/21/2017, 11:54 am
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Etienne Muller -- 7/21/2017, 2:55 pm