help....

[clarke]

hi to any1 out there...
i was hoping sum1 can help me by tellin me the charactertistic of warrior (the name of the boat) .... by lookin at the boat shape it seems very sensitive to turn....thanks dude...

[Andy Davison]

Yeah, I agree, it does look very good at turning. Unfortunately the site I found for it had no length or width specifcations so I can only guess. Looks fairly short and so slow in a straight line, also the slightly concave (cut away) section on the hull behind the cockpit could cause a small reduction in speed, but that's where your quick turning comes from. That back end would also tend to make it more difficult to keep in a straight line when not actually paddling. If you look at the sides level with the cockpit you'll see that they're very flat and vertical, which means they wont take much abuse from side impacts. If you look at some of the most popular polo kayaks, such as revenges, the mega range and the dynamic they all have quite rounded sides which increases the strength at this point. It also has a lot of volume in the front end which would make it difficult to do bow dips and get your kayak under your opponents. On the good side though it seems quite nice and wide in the areas that count, giving you a nice stable kayak for shooting etc.
On the whole it doesn't look amazingly promising, but it's very stupid of me to say without actually having paddled it. If it works for you then get one!