salsa updates?

ghetto johnny · Post by **ghetto johnny** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:41 pm

what's the update on the salsa?
recently saw more photos of it and it looks good
just curious
john c.
cincy,ohio

the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 2:15 pm

Talked to Paul Danks about it a month ago at Palmer Fest even got to take a few rides in his prototype, can't comment onn performance however as I did not properly fit his boat thus had no real control.
It looks as if Esquif is first working out all the production issues with the Taureau. Once that boat is in full production, then the Salsa will follow.

martin

ghetto johnny · Post by **ghetto johnny** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:29 pm

martin,
thanks for the reply
i also saw the article in rapid magazine, really good piece
did he by chance say what the prototype was made from?(fiberglass,kevlar,carbon fiber)
it has the yellow tint to it.
how light was it?
just curious
i'm paddling a robson cufly and that thing weighs a ton
thanks again,
john c.
cincy,ohio

the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:51 am

hey john,
the prototype was the same boat as in rapid magazine, as far as I could tell meade of kevlar, with maybe a few layers of glass in it.
Thje yellowish tint is the natural color of the kevlar fibers. The boat was not all that light, maybe 35 lbs?

The production model however will be, as far as I know in PE, so the weight will be different.

martin