"Claudia Engel" wrote in message
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John Fereira writes:
As Mike mentioned, the Necky Chatham and Wilderness Systems Tempest both
seem to be hot models these days. Another plastic boat that looks real

Thanks John (and everyone else) for their very helpful replies I still
rather like the eclipse, but the Wilderness Systems Tempest 170 has pretty
much taken its place on my "short list". I'm really impressed with this
one,
and, though I doubt there's anyplace around here where I can try one on
the
water, at least I can get a good look at it and compare it to other boats,
maybe have a seat in it to see how it fits.

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Claudia Engel (no emails please)
aka: Engelchen

FWIW, I recently spent a little time paddling an Eclipse and Tempest 170.
The Tempest is more stable, has better tracking, is more comfortable, and
faster than the Eclipse. Less weathercocking, too. It's a more attractive
boat that basically performs significantly better than the Eclipse. Far
better boat, IMO.