06-30-2005, 10:54 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Hey Dawg, thanks for the input and the kindly offer. I have made a pretty thorough "up close and personal" inspection on the Cougar and I have pretty much definitely decided that will be the way I go. BFT member Henerysfork has both the Cougar and the Colorado in his personal arsenal. He brought them over and we did a lot of "side by side" comparisons, complete with his personal observations. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I am satisfied that the design and the quality of the Cougar will allow me to perform my transformation rituals on it, to get it properly tricked out. I also believe that the lower profile of the four air chamber system will give my "large frame" plenty of floatation while maintaining a lower profile for fewer control problems in the breezes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Until I decide to become a troller (never enjoyed it much), I will probably not add power. I used to be a pretty fair oarsman, and I plan to only use the oars for long distance propulsion. Otherwise, for maintaining position during normal fishing conditions, I will use the fins, as intended.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The two main obstacles right now are storage and transportation. Both of those issues should be resolved before the summer is over. Until then, we have no place to store two toons and my Jimmy would not handle two of them without a trailer...which we are considering.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I am satisfied that the design and the quality of the Cougar will allow me to perform my transformation rituals on it, to get it properly tricked out. I also believe that the lower profile of the four air chamber system will give my "large frame" plenty of floatation while maintaining a lower profile for fewer control problems in the breezes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Until I decide to become a troller (never enjoyed it much), I will probably not add power. I used to be a pretty fair oarsman, and I plan to only use the oars for long distance propulsion. Otherwise, for maintaining position during normal fishing conditions, I will use the fins, as intended.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The two main obstacles right now are storage and transportation. Both of those issues should be resolved before the summer is over. Until then, we have no place to store two toons and my Jimmy would not handle two of them without a trailer...which we are considering.[/#0000ff]
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