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Bill Tuthill

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Have you seen the pillow-style thwart used in the Caracal and Tomcat?
It detracts little from gear storage space. Personally I don't think
thwarts are as comfortable as the early-1990s Lynx chair.

The pillow thwart doesn't give you the back support the the new style thwart
does. I had a pillow thwart in my old Jack Yak and did like it much. I don't
think thwarts are more comfortable either, but they aren't uncomfortable and I
feel the better control is worth the difference. But that is just my opinion

..By the way, I recommend against the round-your-boat cam strap that
AIRE documents, expecially for low water, because it can get trapped
in rocks, causing a flip or other potentially dangerous situations.

I use it on high water runs because it does make the craft easier to upright,
but take it off for all other runs.

Yes. I now believe that it's superior to the old hull design for
running big hydraulics. It slices & dices waves better, and takes on
less water. Its hull speed is a tad faster, and stability also seems
somewhat improved, due to aforementioned slicing, but perhaps more so
because of a more hydrodynamic

ide-tube profile. In other words,
when big waves slosh over the side, they don't exert as much force.

I almost wish I had waited a year to pick up the new one. It did take care of
most of my gripes about the Lynx.

Have you tried the Force or Force XL yet?
I've done a bit of creeking with the XL, including a low water run on the
Russell Fork. It's actually makes a pretty decent creek boat, although it
doesn't have any gear capacity and it is very wet.

BTW, two great days of creeking on the Cumberland Plateau...

Sounds great, I'm moving!

The water is warmer here at the end of winter than the water in the American
River
is in mid summer. Upper Whites is a Micro, you wear a faceguard to keep the
branches out of your face, but it sure goes down hill fast.

Let me know if you ever come out this way. I think you would enjoy the low
water runs on the Russell Fork and you can usually catch that all summer.

SYOTR
Larry C.