and here is the hope for 100th post
Me too. I am in a Nordkapp H2O and loving it.
Not just this side of the pond
As the below thread from the UK shows, Nordkapps continue to be topics of discussion ‘other there’ as well:
http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=54090&hilit=nordkapp
On every continent?
Nordkapps seem to be a hot topic in Australia also:
http://www.seakayakforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=410
Paddled a Nordkapp last week
not sure which one but it wasn’t low.
anyway, loved the boat but was surprised that I could get more speed out of my tempest than I could the Nordkapp in a burst. but for a reality check, and for a comfortable cruising effort, the Nordkapp seemed to give me a third or half a knot more speed.
17 vs 18 ft boat? dunno if that means anything.
Boat did not feel tippy at all and was comfortable enough discounting the backband. Rolled easily as well.
Nice boat. wouldn’t trade the tempest for it but nice boat.
Paul
I might …
be able to take it off your hands …
I’ll even pick it up.
stable = difficult to lean
"No one is talking about a highly stable, difficult to lean boat that requires high paddler input to get it on its side. "
I think that was the point of the other poster.
There’s a continueous spectrum of “stable, difficult to lean” to “unstable, easy to lean” boat, with Pungo at one extreme end and NLV on the other. Excite, or Romany etc sits somewhere in between, albeit much closer to the “unstable” end occupied by the NLV. So for the same reason you prefer your “somewhat unstable but highly leanable” Excite over Pungo, others prefer the highly unstable and supremely leanable NLV over the Exicte.
Especially for smaller paddlers, which I’m of one, ANY small increase in stability translate into difficulty to lean it to a large degree. While many other posters aren’t as small as me, they still prefer a less stable boat so it’s “easier” to lean.
No, I don’t own a NL (it’s still too big for me). But I can see the point of the others, which you seem not able to. Hope this help? 
Nordcrapp?
years ago, on my first visit to San Diego to visit relatives, i went into a paddling store. i may be wrong, but i think the shop was run by the wife of Ed Gillet. (she told me) i was impressed. i was a dedicated canoeist and was just starting to dabble in sea kayaking. i noticed they had no rudder-less kayaks and i asked what she thought of them. she said, oh, are you one of those kinds who likes the Nordcrap! and then proceeded to rant for 5 minutes about the evils of that boat and boats sans rudders. it was very interesting. it made me think that if i were to live there and want to buy a kayak, i would search for a different store…
perhaps the most intersting feature
of the Nordkapp in my estimation: it’s the only sea kayak or boat that i know of for that matter, that looks totally organic, like a living creature. like it might start flopping around at any moment. who claims to have designed this boat? Goodman?
jbv re: Ed Gillet
Ed Gillet ran Southwest Kayaks in San Diego for many years, and now the store has been closed for many years. In its heyday the shop was a mecca for SoCal paddlers. Ed led many trips of intermediate and advanced paddlers to Baja where we did some pretty exposed paddling in high wind. Ed almost insisted on participants having ruddered boats because bitter experience showed that non-ruddered boats, especially if not loaded properly, could not keep up with the group in windy conditions over many hours. He was the best guide I ever paddled with and could tell some amazing stories of danger and survival.
In those days you hardly ever saw a Brit boat in San Diego. Now there are many.
More replies than Nordlows… NM
Always said…
Wetzool, from the first time we saw you demo a Nordkapp LV (June 2006) we thought it was your boat: http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2468801770048488250gUPcga
Next time you bring your Anas when we’re paddling together, I’ll bring my Nordlow and we can trade boats for the day.
"get more speed out of my tempest"
Maybe another good example of the most essential part of speed is the paddler not the boat
+1
"more responses than nordlows"
Grayhawk, I have been thinking the exact same thing (along with “much ado about nothing”).
Perhaps I will see you in the keys this year.
Hoping to make it down with the family to paddle with Jack and Nancy this winter.
Bob (still paddling my yellow Nordkapp LV)
Let’s
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count them. I'll start' I've got "ONE".
Two
Mine now lives in Atlanta.
Three and Four
I’m on my second Nordlow - long story
Five NM
Inconvenient truths?
LOL! A whole thread disappeared! Inconvenient truths? But there are still way more Nordkapp LV in North America than responses in this thread… Good hunting, it’s really not hard to find out!
I have one
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And I know of five others locally who won't be posting here.
I don't see it as being too important about how many are out there.
"I don’t see it as being too important"
It’s not of any real importance how many Nordlows there are unless one is trying to buy or sell one
How many on this board have Nordkapp LVs is kind of interesting as, despite some assertions, it is not the most common of boats yet comes up for discussion frequently