Excuse me. I paddle a canoe without one. I paddle a tandem seakayak with one. On a windy day, the kayak is a lot more pleasant with a rudder. ANTI-RUDDER seems to be a silly religion. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Keith N. Smith wrote: >> >>Excuse me. I paddle a canoe without one. I paddle a tandem seakayak >>with one. On a windy day, the kayak is a lot more pleasant with a >>rudder. ANTI-RUDDER seems to be a silly religion. sorry, both my posts didn't go out at the same time ... i was joking, which probably didn't come across ... and most tandem sea kayaks are in absolute need of a rudder, as my aircraft was in need of one ... seriously, most i looked at were 21+ft [7m?] and needed a football field to turn around in. as i stated in the other post [which should have gotten to you by now, i would hope] i am going to try one out on one of my boats. around here, most sea kayaking is done on a lake [wind blown every afternoon] or on a calmer river. on large lakes, a rudder would be a worthwhile thing. i hate sitting at a 35o list!! as long as a paddler can still paddle if the rudder cable breaks, no problem... i'm against "extra do-dads" that increase risk, hmmmm can't word it right, "risk homeostasis??" john winters has a good set of links for relevant articles. every tool has a use, rudders, sponsons, gps, stove, knife, hand, brain. as long as the brain is engaged, _you_ have to sit in your boat and paddle it, i won't begrudge anyone who does something that improves their skills and confidence. mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/cpr [Colorado Paddlers' Resource] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmskc [Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmcc [Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page] http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark [personal] -- Fortune: The goal of science is to build better mousetraps. The goal of nature is to build better mice. *************************************************************************** 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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