>What I found restricting on the Arctic Hawk and Manitou was the >closeness of the coaming behind me, which kept me from lying >back on the deck during my sweep rolls. The keyhole has nothing >to do with that. > >Ironically, when Nigel Dennis designed his Greenlander, he went >from a keyhole cockpit to a perfectly circular one because, he >said, it is more traditional. And it does not restrict layback rolls. > >Chuck Holst Lift your butt off the seat when you lay back and you can do it in some high coming kayaks as well. Dana *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Feb 19 1998 - 14:16:15 PST
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