Mark Balogh wrote: > Just for my own curiosity, how many of > you dedicated kayakers or canoeists will admit to sailing their HPV's. > Thanks for your assistance and for the interesting list. Have used the Folbot (used to be Balogh?) Twins rig on my Greenland II a couple of times. Fun, but strictly downwind. Traveled in the Esperanza Inlet/Tahsis Inlet system last summer with two other G II's similarly equipped -- solo paddlers made sailing really handy. The fourth yak, a hardshell, had one of Mark's higher-tech arrangements, with outriggers and a "sailboard" type sail. That one really hauled butt! Because of headwind effect, both the G II's were tough for a single paddler to push upwind, but the hardshell, with a smoother, lower profile to reduce the effects of wind exposure, could be pushed upwind more easily (also had two paddlers). (All these upwind paddling comments, of course, apply to rigs with sails down.) -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Apr 01 1998 - 08:16:38 PST
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