John Lull wrote: >These were flat water time trials, which do give you an idea of relative boat speed. However, I've found that in wind and waves, the whole thing changes. I've been on the water in moderately rough conditions many times when several Coasters were well out in front of the longer boats. > John, I was with Fred M. on an 8 mile paddle in the ocean from La Jolla to Mission Bay. The wind was about 15 knots from behind, as were the swells, the whole way. Fred was in his ultra light, graphite Arluk II, I was in the Mariner Express. He is generally quite a bit stronger than me, but I was way ahead the whole paddle. The Express is so much easier to control in those conditions that I was just surfing all the time. He was low bracing. Jerry *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Oct 12 1998 - 08:34:22 PDT
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