THANKS for the advice!

"Smed" <gsx1300r_busa.RemoveThis@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<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"riverman" <nospam.RemoveThis@sorry.com> wrote in message
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 >
 > "Smed" <gsx1300r_busa.RemoveThis@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
 >
 >

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!<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"MLL" <nospam.RemoveThis@nospam.net> wrote in message
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 >
 > "riverman" <nospam.RemoveThis@sorry.com> wrote in message
 > news:2jrrgmF14g6jbU1@uni-berlin.de...
  > >
  > > "Smed" <gsx1300r_busa.RemoveThis@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
  > >
  > >
 >
 > 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<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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