On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Geo. Bergeron wrote: >> >> Now that the subject's been raised, who uses rudders and who leans >>the boat? >> >> My Current Designs Solstice GTS has a rudder, but I've never used >>it. I bought the boat slightly used from Pacific Wave where it was the >>"extra" trip boat for a while for the "in crew" at the shop. . . I don't >>think the rudder's ever been used. >> >> The Solstice GTS tracks in all seas, and doesn't broach or windcock >>much. >> >> Anyone want to keep score on this one? i don't need a rudder on a canoe of any length, why would i want one on a sea kayak, are they that inferior in design that they need help?? <g> with a blade on each side of the boat, it should be self-correcting ;-) mark [ducking for cover] #------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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