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Posted by:
Seadddict
on Sep-05-12 11:42 AM (EST)
D.H. did all that... ;-)
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Table of Contents
Valley's Discontinuing A Lot of Boats
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NewbTastic
- Aug-30-12 5:30 AM
Discontinuing the Pintail?
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bnystrom
- Aug-30-12 7:23 AM
Q-boat
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sternman
- Aug-30-12 8:00 AM
Oh well....
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angstrom
- Aug-30-12 8:31 AM
Inevitable, but too bad
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jsmarch
- Aug-30-12 8:49 AM
Hmmm
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Gromulus
- Aug-30-12 9:05 AM
re: Hmm...
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NewbTastic
- Aug-30-12 11:48 AM
wow, this sounds pretty bad
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slushpaddler
- Aug-30-12 9:09 AM
British MBAs?
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suiram
- Aug-30-12 9:25 AM
marketing
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michaelcrouse
- Aug-30-12 10:37 AM
Good guess
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njkayaker
- Sep-05-12 2:27 PM
If you can get a deal...
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wavespinner
- Aug-30-12 11:47 AM
Deadline- August 31st
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NewbTastic
- Aug-30-12 11:22 PM
Ka Ching
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riosacandaga
- Aug-31-12 8:43 PM
Really?
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Roget
- Sep-02-12 11:17 PM
Yes... Competing Products
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Kudzu
- Sep-01-12 6:24 AM
Pintail v Avocet
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jsmarch
- Sep-01-12 8:59 AM
They really not similar at all
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bnystrom
- Sep-04-12 7:17 AM
+1
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sternsquirt
- Oct-01-12 8:45 PM
Surprised...
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NewbTastic
- Sep-01-12 7:37 AM
Naut mourning
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Michaelcrouse
- Sep-02-12 9:19 AM
CD is weird
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NewbTastic
- Sep-16-12 1:46 AM
it's simple
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slushpaddler
- Sep-04-12 4:16 PM
End of an era
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Roget
- Sep-02-12 12:38 PM
May be true about motorcycles ...
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nebeginner
- Sep-02-12 6:00 PM
Many Years Ago
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Kudzu
- Sep-02-12 8:21 PM
Might have been a
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wetzool
- Sep-02-12 10:24 PM
Said "maybe" ...
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nebeginner
- Sep-03-12 3:43 PM
Lots of places, of course
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Dr_Disco
- Sep-02-12 9:55 PM
Better made?
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Roget
- Sep-02-12 11:13 PM
Well, yes ...
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nebeginner
- Sep-03-12 3:40 PM
Gold Standard?
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Dr_Disco
- Sep-03-12 5:48 PM
Such as?
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nebeginner
- Sep-03-12 6:47 PM
Matter of opinion, but ...
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Dr_Disco
- Sep-03-12 8:29 PM
Just one?
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nebeginner
- Sep-04-12 7:41 AM
You asked for an example
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Dr_Disco
- Sep-04-12 8:18 AM
So? Not seeing your point ...
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nebeginner
- Sep-04-12 8:02 PM
Interprettion of "Gold Standard"
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Dr_Disco
- Sep-04-12 10:50 PM
QCC vs all Brit boats!
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abc
- Sep-04-12 2:19 PM
Dude you must be on small midget !
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Cliffjrs
- Sep-04-12 3:18 PM
hey now...
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NewbTastic
- Sep-04-12 8:05 PM
Wide Variety of Boats
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Dr_Disco
- Sep-04-12 5:34 PM
American cool aid?
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abc
- Sep-04-12 7:26 PM
My Valley ...
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nebeginner
- Sep-04-12 8:37 PM
NDK quality problems are ancient history
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trilliumlake
- Sep-05-12 5:51 PM
Keep telling yourself that...
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bnystrom
- Sep-07-12 6:40 AM
What cool aid?
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nebeginner
- Sep-04-12 8:30 PM
Maalstrom and Boreal Design
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WaterMark
- Sep-05-12 5:25 PM
Boreal was bought by Riot
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trilliumlake
- Sep-05-12 5:43 PM
Thanks for the update :)
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WaterMark
- Sep-05-12 6:35 PM
Maelstrom kayaks...
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NewbTastic
- Sep-05-12 7:02 PM
I wonder why...
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WaterMark
- Sep-05-12 8:00 PM
we can only speculate...
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NewbTastic
- Sep-05-12 11:19 PM
day hatch etc
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abc
- Sep-06-12 10:51 AM
for once...
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NewbTastic
- Sep-06-12 8:15 PM
Maelstrom does have
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WaterMark
- Sep-06-12 8:39 PM
day hatch OR deck hatch, not both!
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abc
- Sep-06-12 11:12 PM
OTOH it's nice to have options
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slushpaddler
- Sep-07-12 11:33 AM
Yup...
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NewbTastic
- Sep-15-12 9:32 AM
Ecomarine in Vancouver
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WaterMark
- Sep-06-12 8:36 PM
Impex builds in Canada & U.S. nfm
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RavenWing
- Sep-06-12 12:27 AM
I'm no engineer ...
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nebeginner
- Sep-04-12 8:20 PM
To confuse matters further...
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NewbTastic
- Sep-04-12 8:06 AM
A "Brit made boat"
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Dr_Disco
- Sep-04-12 8:22 AM
of course...
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NewbTastic
- Sep-04-12 9:55 AM
design
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slushpaddler
- Sep-04-12 4:14 PM
End of an era? How so?
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NewbTastic
- Sep-02-12 9:45 PM
I know NDK had issues with QC
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tsunamichuck1
- Sep-02-12 9:48 PM
Agreed...
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holmes375
- Sep-04-12 11:19 AM
Regulations ...
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nebeginner
- Sep-04-12 8:46 PM
is it regulation...
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NewbTastic
- Sep-04-12 9:02 PM
Actually its the plastic
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tsunamichuck1
- Sep-04-12 9:21 PM
I've heard both, but more the composites
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NewbTastic
- Sep-05-12 2:37 AM
Confluence boat manufacture
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RavenWing
- Sep-05-12 1:15 PM
wilderness glass
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landsharc
- Sep-05-12 4:31 PM
that's complete rubbish
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slushpaddler
- Sep-05-12 11:22 AM
Continuation of an era....
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WaterMark
- Sep-05-12 5:41 PM
I disagree
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salty
- Sep-12-12 9:50 AM
Tiderace layups
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No_Kayak
- Sep-13-12 4:31 PM
Cool
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salty
- Sep-14-12 11:56 PM
Dang...
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NewbTastic
- Sep-15-12 1:03 AM
Cobra
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No_Kayak
- Sep-15-12 9:20 AM
Who else?
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eel
- Sep-15-12 9:33 AM
furthermore...
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NewbTastic
- Sep-15-12 9:35 AM
No
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salty
- Sep-15-12 4:35 PM
re: no
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NewbTastic
- Sep-15-12 9:17 PM
Not strictly speaking
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No_Kayak
- Sep-16-12 4:51 AM
that's pretty much what I thought
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NewbTastic
- Sep-16-12 5:04 AM
Again, I agree
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salty
- Sep-16-12 4:57 PM
I agree with your words
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salty
- Sep-15-12 4:32 PM
say
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suiram
- Sep-17-12 9:54 AM
When I was involved
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salty
- Sep-17-12 12:28 PM
thanks (NM)
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suiram
- Sep-17-12 1:05 PM
A salute to Valley Canoe
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jaybabina
- Sep-05-12 7:47 AM
Amen
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wavespinner
- Sep-05-12 7:58 AM
Valley does deserve a ton of credit...
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NewbTastic
- Sep-05-12 8:33 AM
But I thought
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Seadddict
- Sep-05-12 11:42 AM
Good List; Chimp Pump, Q-boat trivia
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gstamer
- Sep-15-12 6:48 AM
Trying to see this in a positive light..
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NewbTastic
- Sep-07-12 9:22 AM
Too many models
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jaybabina
- Sep-07-12 9:40 AM
Very True
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Kudzu
- Sep-07-12 10:06 AM
yep
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slushpaddler
- Sep-07-12 11:34 AM
re: stable
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NewbTastic
- Sep-07-12 9:49 PM
not bad
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NateHanson
- Sep-15-12 9:48 AM
Glad to Hear it
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Kudzu
- Sep-16-12 9:39 AM
Jay's onto something...
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NewbTastic
- Sep-10-12 8:29 AM
yes,
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kobzol
- Sep-10-12 9:08 AM
Really?!
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sitka
- Sep-15-12 11:16 AM
interesting to hear
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slushpaddler
- Sep-15-12 4:53 PM
That's strange...
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NewbTastic
- Sep-15-12 9:30 PM
One swallow doesn't make a summer
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No_Kayak
- Sep-16-12 10:14 AM
But as a retailer...
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NewbTastic
- Sep-16-12 12:45 PM
etain 17.5
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donmb
- Sep-16-12 4:08 PM
Valley's weighing policy
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NewbTastic
- Sep-21-12 11:22 PM
"There's nothing like a Valley"
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wilsoj2
- Sep-22-12 12:03 PM
Pintail: aka The Glass Slipper
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sternsquirt
- Oct-01-12 9:04 PM
great point about the nordkapp
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slushpaddler
- Oct-03-12 3:16 PM
Nothing like a Valley
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jay
- Oct-09-12 6:42 PM
Bummer
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kwikle
- Oct-03-12 3:52 PM
Tide race
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paddlemaine
- Oct-04-12 1:40 PM
PS
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paddlemaine
- Oct-04-12 1:44 PM
think of all the various 'naut models
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slushpaddler
- Oct-04-12 2:37 PM
exactly
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NewbTastic
- Oct-05-12 8:48 AM
Aquanaut...
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bowler1
- Oct-07-12 8:04 AM
see rest of thread
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NewbTastic
- Oct-07-12 11:31 AM
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