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On Thursday, May 5, 1994 8:36:01 AM UTC-4, EE ABC wrote:
When Vladimir Vanha was making the AQII he didn't print the big "AQII" on it
like Dagger does. Does anybody know how to distinguish and AQII from it's
predecessor the Aeroquatic?

Good information for the most part on the AQ but in fact after Vladimir's original place burnt down or possibly before he had found a plastic manufacturer up North that made blow-molded containers. It is this company that he used to make most of the AQ's and they were blow molded just like Prijon's process albiet without as much quality. Blow molding did and still does produce a stronger bond of material and thus a stronger boat if done correctly than rotational molding. The latter AQ II's were roto molded and beefed up in areas where needed so they did tend to be stronger than the thin skinned blow molded AQ's. Most of his final boats were marketed and sold by Ken Kastorff at Endless River Adventures on the Nantahala River to my recollection and I guess these were the ones Dagger was molding for him before he moved back overseas. All his designs were ahead of their time and great boats for paddlers big and small. My toes are still damaged from all the enders in the surf I used to do with my AQ.