From: CHUCK_at_multitech.com (Chuck Holst) > 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. Which direction were you facing when hugging the bow and were your feet in the water then? It would seem to me that having feet in the water would help to stabilize by counterbalancing the weight above water, but whaddoIknow... I'm not an engineer :-) Maybe she should just get a tow rope, a harness and sponsons for you. :-) > 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. Does the Romany have chines? I can't remember the design. Cheers, Jackie *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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