Dan Hagen wrote: >This guy was a local whitewater and >sea kayaking instructor, and he was paddling a light blue Arluk II. >(Some of you may know to whom I am referring.) He was surfing those wind >waves as smoothly and as effortlessly as anyone I have ever seen--in >complete control, flying along like the wind. Moreover, his Arluk II >was *extremely* fast into the wind as we sprinted out for another ride. >(Faster, I am sure, than an Express.) So what am I driving at? Whether >or not a particular boat is difficult to control depends on who is >paddling it. Exactly right. If you are sea kayaking instructor,and can surf smoothly and effortlessly in an Arluk II, it is probably faster than the Express. (Maybe only if you are well above 4 knots.) But for my pal and me, ordinary paddlers, the Arluk II is much less forgiving than the Express and requires more attention, i.e., low braces to stay upright. So an ordinary paddler may get more performance out of the Express. 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 - 17:48:40 PDT
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