>> I know a while back everyone was talking about moving to another kayak list, but I did not pay too much attention to the bantering. By the amount the traffic has dropped on this list I assume that most everybody has moved over to the other list. I cannot seem to find the address. Can someone help me? >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To subscribe to Paddlewise, send a message to Majordomo_at_lists.intelenet.net with the words "subscribe Paddlewise" in the body. Actually, things have been pretty slow on Paddlewise lately, too. Here in Minnesota the lakes are still frozen, but some people have been taking their kayaks out on the Mississippi, and last night 24 of us rented an Olympic-sized pool to play in. At $50/hr. for three hours it cost $7/person -- a real bargain. Linda and I practiced resuing each other by carrying each other on each others' kayaks. Much to my surprise, I found that my kayak was more stable with Linda sitting up behind me with her legs in hte water than when she was lying on my rear deck. However, she is smaller than me; when she carried me, her kayak felt more unstable with me in either position. In fact, we capsized once when I was lying on the deck. The most stable position is with the rescuee hugging the bow, but of course the rescuee is also immersed in that position. A friend was having trouble with his hip snaps and rolls, so he tried a Romany and I tried his Sea Lion. He rolled up in the Romany on his first attempt, and exclaimed "Wow!" -- or words to that effect. It's the usual reaction of someone rolling a Romany for the first time. My impression of the Sea Lion -- I owned one years ago, but didn't have a roll then -- was that it handled quite well when upright and turned very easily when leaned, but was harder to roll or to keep on edge than the Romany. Once the gunwale submerges, the kayak wants very strongly to keep on going, so keeping it on edge while sculling takes much effort than with the Romany. Also, it didn't help that the unpadded thigh braces were so far from my thighs as to be no help. Just my impressions, FWIW. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 23 1998 - 07:40:32 PST
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