Dave Kruger wrote: > > Lightning Paddles' web site > (http://www.paddles.com/library/straight.html) has an interesting > treatise by Clark Bowlen entitled "Paddling a Sea Kayak in a Straight > Line --Straight Talk". Food for thought. ...<snip>... Thanks for calling this to our attention. This is a brilliant piece. Brother Clark is truly enlightened. "Tracking is 80% paddler and 20% boat". Amen! Engrave that on your hull. He goes on to state that "kayaks actually foster bad technique, to the point that their designs must compensate for it." As he points out, many kayakers give up agility and playfulness in their boats to compensate for poor technique. If you want a kayak that tracks straight, learn how to paddle. Thanks, Hank, for putting this on your web site. Dan Hagen Bellingham, Washington *************************************************************************** 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 Oct 09 1998 - 06:03:02 PDT
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