On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Frank Lucian wrote: > I always find that when I stop to think about it, sit-on-tops make a lot > more sense. But, I still ended up selling two of them because I found a > traditional sea kayak a lot more fun. It's difficult to explain why. > Maybe it's the fun of rolling (and the water up the nose?). Last summer I tried several sit on tops from hop-on-top (a brandname that may now be Heritage kayaks). They had several models with thigh straps. The thigh straps worked great. I didn't try, but I'm pretty sure I could have rolled their sit on tops. I was able to put the boat up on edge and carve some nice turns. I've got a sit on top (surf ski) that I use during the summer. It's a bit too wet of a ride for year round use, in this area. We timed my brother last year for tipping over and getting back onto the surf ski, it took him 7 seconds to flip over, climb back on and start paddling again. As for water up the nose, nose plugs are worth every penny for rolling practice.... kirk *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Mar 19 1998 - 08:42:35 PST
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