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Old 09-15-2014 | 04:35 PM
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Had a set. Would probably work well for a .40 size but Maxford paired the .60 size with the 83" WS Mentor-G and they were a little short of the mark . . . and when you stopped the tail empennage gradually sank.

I ran mine up on the shore under the Mentor-G after a dead-stick I had stretched out so I wouldn't have to get the boat and about 1/8" of the center chine went away. Split right down the center. But that was float abuse. I should have just landed in the water and rowed.

They are heavy for their length but will work and are water-tight if kept to the water.