Re: {HITW Club Email List} Digest for hitw-club@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 1 topic

[Lisa Biehl]

Hi Mac,

My very first kayak was an Eddyline Skylark.  Marianne is correct in her assessment.  However, I loved the boat for what it was- a portable, comfortable means of exploring the estuary across the street from my house. I actually used to put it on wheels and take it down onto the camps property to public access. I’d go out without a spray skirt or really any knowledge of wet exits or reentries and fell in love with kayaking.  Then I joined HITW and realized I’d need a boat with bulkheads and length to paddle more seriously.  So it disappeared on Craigslist and I graduated to an Icecap!  Could there be 2 more different boats???  Let me know if you have any more questions.  Biggest negative - NO BULKHEADS as I recall.

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Eddyline Skylark

Mac Carter <macca...@gmail.com>: Jun 20 08:09AM -0700 I’m looking for a 12’ lightweight, sit-inside kayak with decent paddling characteristics that can accommodate an average large size adult like me (6’1”, 180 lbs, size 12 shoes). I’m thinking an Eddyline Skylark might work… but I’ve never paddled one. Does anyone have one or paddled it?   Cheers, Mac Carter 360-393-9255

Marianne Banks <mariann...@gmail.com>: Jun 20 09:05PM -0700 I'm wondering why you want this boat. It seems awfully wide and short. I think it would be slow and not very responsive to weight shifting and edging. It wouldn't be capable to keep up when paddling with other sea kayakers. I guess it is light weight :) What are you trying to get that your Sterling boat doesn't have?

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[Mac Carter]

Great input, Lisa! Very helpful. BTW… the new Skylark’s have 2 bulkheads with hatches. The guy that owned the one I paddled yesterday said it was a 2006 model - it had an aft bulkhead and only a big styrofoam leg divider in the bow. I’d prefer the 2 bulkhead model… I think we’ll use my Delta 12/10 for now and look a used one at a decent price. Now… where the heck am I going to store 2 more kayaks at home??????

Cheers,

Mac

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