Kirk wrote; (SNIP) > >How about the tandem doesn't tend to get leaned for carved turns and "most" >pairs don't realize canoe style strokes, stationary draws and the like, >would make the boat maneuverable. Could it also be both paddlers are >closer to the center, negating the benefit of tandem canoeists who sit >toward the ends (further from the center pivot point of the boat)? All of the above. :-) True enough about the strokes (at least from my observation). Interestingly I know a couple who paddle freestyle canoes who have a tandem and complain about the steering. Maybe rudders destroy strokes. :-) I feel Dr. Inverbon will have a comment on this. This paddler positioning was the focus of discussion some time back. If I recall I was the only one advocating putting paddlers in the ends of the boat ALA canoe and making boats shorter ALA tandem canoe. I didn't win any converts but I did build a prototype and the response has been unanimously good. So maybe I wasn't completely off base. If it gets built (seems to be a lot of time between ideas and production here in Canada) we will see if it is worth anything. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft http://home.ican.net/~735769/ *************************************************************************** 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 Apr 03 1998 - 03:45:32 PST
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