eskimo cerro, what is it??
Tom Polomchak
can see a picture?
thanks
tom.
in anticipation for precipitation!
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The Eskimo Cerro is the company's new creek boat. The company is coming out
with a new playboat in ~December. It is called the Zwo. It was designed by
Arnd Schäftlein with some input from Jan Kellner. You can see a picture of
the boat on the Playboater (Shaun Baker's company) website:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/systemx/frconten.htm
Also, Eskimo has a brand new webpage. There wasn't a picture of the Zwo the
last time I checked, but one should be up soon. The address is:
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> pyr...@webtv.net (Tom Polomchak)
typed:>is this their new playboat? any opinions on it? hull design? anywhere i
>can see a picture?
Mountain Kayak in Fayetteville, WV (USA) had one in stock about a month ago. I
would
call the hull a river running hull with play
potential. Fairly flat bottom , enough edge,
but carries volume in the rear deck.
Didn't get to play with it.
Larry
KSTRELETZK
I saw one at the Cheat Fest back in May - thought it looked like a beginner
boat type design.
- Mothra (aka Kathy Streletzky)
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Flows through the mind, and rolls its rapid waves, . . .
Where waterfalls around it leap forever," - Percy Bysshe Shelley
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> can see a picture?
> tom.
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> in anticipation for precipitation!
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Cerro??? its pretty much a corsica s made out of better plastic.
Good all around design, but not really in vogue cuz it won't
eddyline cartwheel. But it would make a nice survival boat,
decent creek boat, great bigwater boat, and I dare you to
break one and live to tell the tale.
just my thoughts on it.
br.
Wilko
>
> is this their new playboat? any opinions on it? hull design? anywhere i
> can see a picture?
It's made for creeking, and it looks a bit like a Diablo that has been
inflated... and it's made of the new Eskimo COEX (HTP).
Info from Eskimo 1998 folder:
Cerro "the mountain kayak".
Steep creeker and big water kayak.
Length 300cm (9'10")
Width 61 cm (24")
Volume 290L (76 US gal)
Weight 19 kg (42 lbs)
Cockpit 88 X 45 cm (35" X 18")
"long waterline: fast, tracks well"
"Plenty of foot space: comfortable, even for tall paddlers"
"Rounded deck sections: forgiving, easy to control, even under extreme
conditions"
"special bow design: minimises penetration after waterfalls, fast and
controlled resurfacing"
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Wilko van den Bergh
Quibus (at) worldonline (dot) nl
Sociology Student at the Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Whitewater Kayaker AD&D Dungeon Master
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