>(1) Many paddlers seem to feel that boat design is the key to boat >control, and that if they are having problems with tracking, the key is >to buy a stiffer-tracking boat. But there is a another way to "skin the >cat" --the development of an improved stroke. > Implicit in >his article is the notion that design is very important. He favors >playful designs over stiff-tracking designs. Consider the Eddyline Raven (used without rudder) and the Mariner Express. Both are playful designs. Neither is stiff tracking. Both are easy to turn. Yet the Express is infinitely easier to control down weather. The comparisons should not be made between stiff tracking and playful designs. Rather between good and poor designs within a tracking category. 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 - 08:47:14 PDT
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