Re: [Paddlewise] Wave~Length: touring boats

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Kaste <kkaste_at_slip.net>
To: Craig Olson <craigo_at_az.com>
Cc: WaveLength <wavelength_at_lists.intelenet.net>; PaddleWise
<PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Date: Wednesday, January 28, 1998 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: Wave~Length: touring boats


>I just demoed a Looksha III for a couple hours last weekend.  I found it to
be fast and
>tippy.  I also found that it would start tracking in its own direction and
I would have
>to lean pretty hard to get it back on course.  I'm sure that would cease to
be a problem
>once I got comfortable with its secondary stability.  The Caribou I demoed
right after
>that seemed a whole lot more even tempered.  I didn't get a close look at
the Looksha
>III hull but I'm guessing it gets some of its speed from a low amount of
rocker.  That
>must be where it gets its tracking, too.  The difficulty I had bringing it
back on
>course probably had to do with its rounded bilge (compared to the Caribou
and my hard
>chine stitch and glue) and the low amount of rocker.
>

I demo'd the Caribou in 25 knot winds on protected water.  It weathercocked
terribly.  Extremely hard to hold on course.  Try it in wind before you buy.

Jerry


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