Following up on the outrigger idea for little kids.... In "Amphibious Man" (which you can get from John Heath, email privately if you need info because I don't have it handy to put here) there is one brief shot of little kids in small greenland kayaks with outriggers. The outrigger was like bicycle training wheels, it stuck out on both sides, with little floation things at the ends. That way you have stability on both sides. I'm going from memory but I think the outrigger floats were out of the water, so you still had a feel for the water, but if you leaned too far a float would come into contact and stabilize you. I am not sure how they were attached, but my mental picture is of a plank across the rear with the floats on the end. jen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 23 1998 - 11:26:42 PST
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