Gerald Foodman wrote: > Tom, > I think Dan is completely correct in his comments. 95% of my paddling is > completely empty, with a light kevlar boat, but often in windy conditions. > I hate the idea of putting extra weight in an empty kevlar boat for trim. > Do you have a list of kayaks, which IYHO when paddled empty, i.e., no trim > weight adjustment, need only "fine" tuning and not "coarse" adjusting. > > Jerry Jerry, I am confused by your comments (but I guess that I am easily confused). Specifically, your comments raise the following questions: (1) Why do you think that you need to add weight to alter the trim? (Maybe you have in mind the Mariner sliding seat, which does add a lot of weight.) An alternative is to use a (light) foam seat with velcro on the bottom, and shift it forward and back until you find the right position given your body size and paddling position. Small shifts make a big difference. (Thus the effectiveness of that heavy Mariner seat.) (2) Why in the world are you paddling a "completely empty" boat 95% of the time? Most folks that I know would consider this unsafe, unless you never venture away from populated shorelines where you can impose on others (should you need dry clothes, water, first aid, repair supplies, or other emergency provisions). Is it just me, or do others think that it is imprudent to paddle a completely empty boat? I guess this is a case of "different strokes for different folks". :-) Dan Hagen Bellingham, Washington P.S. So I lied when I said that my last message would be my last word... ;-) *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 16 1998 - 18:15:42 PDT
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