What About A Diesel

[KAYAKCRAZY]

Has Any One Paddled A Ws Diesel, How Does It Play, I Cant Find Anyone Local That Has Paddled It Much. It Looks Like A Good Down River Boat But I Want To Play Along The Way Too. Im Leanng Toward A Ws Big Ez But Just Wanted As Much Info As Possible.

Thanks

[shaunotter]

I have little really useful personal experience yet (just put a deposit on one), other than a 45-minute paddle on a mellow esturary in Oakland at CCK, but if felt super stable (especially the secondary), nimble/maneuverable & fairly fast in a straght line, too. Super comfy! I'm 5'11" and 165, I was in the Diesel 65.

If you haven't seen the reviews for Diesels at boatertalk, they're quite good:
http://oldbt.boatertalk.com/reviews.php
(takes a while to load, then search for Diesel)

Review from Rapid Magazine:
http://www.doubleyouess.com/media/384.pdf

and:
http://www.snewsnet.com/cgi-bin/snews/01302.html?id=8iCgvQJj:68.230.244.172

For fun!:
http://www.caliproduct.com/calisite.webpage/videos/URBAN.mov
(red one going down stairs)

[mike18]

Sounds like you'd want a ezg.

[annep]

Check out this Diesel Gallery:
http://www.localpaddler.com/gallery.php?&page=1&keywords=diesel