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My first paddle in Trylon/ABS boats

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6/10/09 at 9:10am
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Half a thumb up.    

 

The soft-chine hull  felt quicker edge to edge than the PE equivalent, but not particularly faster.  

 

Didn't notice a particular difference with the hard chine hull,  imagine the benefit would be mostly from weather resistance (i.e. doesn't develop a mystery left turn from being left out in the sun).

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7/12/09 at 5:10pm
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I think anything with softer lines will take slightly more time to come around.  Weathering would be a nice benefit....just from a less-than-full-time OC-1er;-)...
*When dealing with the density of water, I just don't see, nor did I ever see, the frantic rush to the lightest material anyways...
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7/15/09 at 2:20pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HaveSkisWillClimb View Post

I think anything with softer lines will take slightly more time to come around. 


 

Ah.  I see I wasn't clear.   They had  PE boats and  Trylon boats with the same shape (four boats total).   The soft chine-Trylon one was faster edge to edge than the soft-chine PE one.     There was really no perceptible difference between the hard-chine boats (PE and Trylon)  in edging.


*When dealing with the density of water, I just don't see, nor did I ever see, the frantic rush to the lightest material anyways...
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