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!

"Smed" 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)

thanks for the advice!



Best boat in the world. :-)

--riverman

"Smed" 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

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"Smed" 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)

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!

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"riverman" wrote in message
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"Smed" 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)

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