At 08:01 PM 9/25/98 -0400, Larry Bliven wrote: > >i'm new to this stuff... >does slice through waves/wet ride mean that the crests strike your chest? It does anyway if the waves are big enough, in the other (few) boats I've paddled in surf. The Sirius seems to slice through much quicker and cleaner than the others, hence less time and turbulent up-and-down getting through the surf zone. That was my initial impression, today I took it out in more reasonable surf, 3-4 feet. I was thinking of your question as I went through. Yup, the waves did hit me, but the effect of the waves on the boat were minimal, almost not noticable. It just slices right through breakers almost effortlessly. It may not be what everyone wants, but I liked it a lot. Its wetter, but quicker and easier than my Romany was (which I still think is a great design though). Wayne *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Sep 26 1998 - 21:54:48 PDT
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