> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 16:06:28 -0500 > From: dldecker_at_mediaone.net > Subject: [Paddlewise] [Paddlewise ?] > > At 03:14 PM 1/28/98 -0800, rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com wrote: > > To liven up the list I have a question that I really want answered and not > be thrown off the list for,( No I am not Tim Sp*ns*n ) Has any one really > had any experience with sponsons? In real life. I would not buy them > because of tim but can see that they could be good for some circumstance > but not for others. Most of the post on that other list were about tim or > scientific but I have learned that real use will tell the truth.( > Scientific - Bumble bees can't fly) I do not know any one that has used > them or owns them that will admit to it, so all I have is a negative feeling. Actually, the Feathercraft Khatsalano (not -S) used to be distributed with a set of Tim's SeaWings external sponsons. (I don't know if they still are.) Anyway, as I said in my last message, that boat is awfully tippy for me. On my last paddle with the Khatsalano, I decided to try out the sponsons since I was spending a lot of my energy just trying to stay upright. Ugh. I hated those things. It made my skinny little boat paddle like a barge. Sure, it was probably safer, but they *really* slowed the boat down, at least subjectively. I felt like I was plowing through the water. I gave up, went back to shore, and added more California Ballast Rocks (tm). With inflated floatbags to keep the rocks in place, I found ballast to be a much superior method of increasing stability. -- Bob Myers InteleNet Communications, Inc. Email: bob_at_InteleNet.net 18101 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 550 Phone: 714-851-8250 x227 Irvine, CA 92612 Fax: 714-851-1088 http://www.intelenet.net/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 28 1998 - 18:42:11 PST
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