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Date: 22 Jun 2004 19:15:30
From: Smed
Subject: THANKS for the advice!
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i think we are now steering toward the Mad River Explorer 16... better
seats, longer, wider, (a little heavier, but a fair trade off)
thanks for the advice!
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Date: 23 Jun 2004 00:50:07
From: Fred Klingener
Subject: Re: THANKS for the advice!
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"Smed" <gsx1300r_busa@yahoo.com > wrote in message
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> i think we are now steering toward the Mad River Explorer 16... better
> seats, longer, wider, (a little heavier, but a fair trade off)
It's really pretty hard to go wrong with that choice. Solo, tandem,
three-up, light, heavy, flat water, whitewater, poling, ...
If it feels too heavy, you're not paddling enough.
Fred Klingener
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Date: 22 Jun 2004 23:52:16
From: riverman
Subject: Re: THANKS for the advice!
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"Smed" <gsx1300r_busa@yahoo.com > wrote in message
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> i think we are now steering toward the Mad River Explorer 16... better
> seats, longer, wider, (a little heavier, but a fair trade off)
>
> thanks for the advice!
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Best boat in the world. :-)
--riverman
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Date: 23 Jun 2004 21:54:50
From: MLL
Subject: Re: THANKS for the advice!
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"riverman" <nospam@sorry.com > wrote in message
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> "Smed" <gsx1300r_busa@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:mz%Bc.25$9l5.12@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> > i think we are now steering toward the Mad River Explorer 16... better
> > seats, longer, wider, (a little heavier, but a fair trade off)
> >
> > thanks for the advice!
> >
> >
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> Best boat in the world. :-)
>
> --riverman
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>
Having owned a Mad River Explorer 16 I'll say it is a boat you can trust in
any weather or condition (assuming it's rigged properly). Lots of sweet
memories in that boat!
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Date: 24 Jun 2004 10:50:49
From: riverman
Subject: Re: THANKS for the advice!
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"MLL" <nospam@nospam.net > wrote in message
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> "riverman" <nospam@sorry.com> wrote in message
> news:2jrrgmF14g6jbU1@uni-berlin.de...
> >
> > "Smed" <gsx1300r_busa@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:mz%Bc.25$9l5.12@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> > > i think we are now steering toward the Mad River Explorer 16... better
> > > seats, longer, wider, (a little heavier, but a fair trade off)
> > >
> > > thanks for the advice!
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Best boat in the world. :-)
> >
> > --riverman
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> >
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> Having owned a Mad River Explorer 16 I'll say it is a boat you can trust
in
> any weather or condition (assuming it's rigged properly). Lots of sweet
> memories in that boat!
>
>
When I was guiding trips on the Rio Grande, we'd get to a technical rapid
(like Upper and Lower Madison), and I'd take the clients boats through
myself for efficiency and safety. I'd get to run 6-10 different boats,
equally loaded, right after each other on precisely the same water levels
and conditions. From that experience (having done it dozens and dozens and
dozens of times) I got very familiar with how different boats handle in
various levels of whitewater and in technical rapids. From my experience, I
found that 16' Explorers outperformed every other boat in almost every
condition.
--riverman
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