Dave Kruger wrote: > ...SNIP... > Got a smaller boat, a plywood stitch and glue I built, which does not > have a rudder. Does not need it -- for my use, anyway. However, my SO > thinks she would feel more comfortable if it had one, because she is not > adept at leaned/swept turns, and she is uneasy in a following sea when > the stern wiggles (pre-broaching behavior). She loves to paddle the > boat because it is light and responsive. If she were stuck in gnarly > conditions with it, sans rudder, and got into trouble, I'd feel bad if > I'd taken a hard-ass attitude about the rudder issue. ...SNIP... I think that this is an excellent example of what lies at the core of the issue. Here we have a boat that does not need a rudder, but a paddler who does. Not being prone to dogmatic thinking, I believe that there are two reasonable alternatives in such cases: (1) add a rudder, or (2) learn to control the boat without one. This, by the way, involves more than "leaned/swept turns". Dan Hagen Bellingham, Washington *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Mar 27 1998 - 08:25:35 PST
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