John Fereira wrote in message ...

I admit that I haven't paddled the new Impex version of the Outer Island but
I've been paddling a cedar strip version I built for a couple of years.
Yes, it has good initial stability for a 21" wide boat, but it also edges
and turns quite well for a 17'10" long boat.

Does this look like it's hard to edge?

http://caddis.mannlib.cornell.edu/pa...nd/launch7.gif

Well, no it certainly does not. On the other hand my experience with
the fiberglass version was decidedly different. I want a boat, the
stability of which allows me to place it on balance edge with J-leans
alone. some of the boats are so stiff they may require upper body
leans and strong bracing which is not for me. I want to lift my knee
and get the boat over as far as I want. I can't do that with a lot of
so called strongly stabile boats

Thanks,
Gene