"John Fereira" wrote in message
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"David J. Van den Branden" wrote in
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Could someone please give me a phonetic spelling of the Assateague by
Impex?


Barge.

Sorry, couldn't resist. The Assateague probably is a fine boat but as I
found it's trimmer sister (Currituck) to be a bit on the sluggish side I
have to wonder how the higher volume version performs.

No, no. Don't apologize. I definately don't want a barge. Part of the
trouble is that I do have different goals in paddling. Those goals rank in
different order on different days. In the mid summer when there are long
mild days, I would prefer a boat with a nice long waterline and high length
to width ratio for covering distance on a more or less straight coarse.
Even considering a QCC700. In the Spring and Fall when the lake is rocking
and the weather is unpredictable, I like to just hang out near the beaches
and play in the waves and swells, constantly turning about, surfing and
paddling in and out through surf (if you can call it that around here). At
the moment I'm leaning toward a leaner high end cruiser for the bulk of the
summer and then perhaps getting a used plastic river runner like a Dancer XT
for playing in the rough stuff. That's based on what the water has been
like THIS summer... Relatively calm water given the amount of storms we've
had. Last year there were more big water days.

Just blathering.

DV