On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Joy E. Hecht wrote: > Being tight in the boat makes a huge difference in the ability to lean it > and prevent weathercocking. I paddled a Sea Lion for a year. I'm 5'3" > and not slim, but not tall enough or top-heavy enough to lean the boat at > all well. In bad conditions I had to use the rudder to avoid really > getting tired trying to go straight. The Arctic Hawk is a lower volume > boat and therefore tighter and easier to lean, but still not perfect. > Recently I've begun paddling a Recluse, which is a _very_ low-volume boat > and it's definitely tight. It's a breeze to lean and make it track in any > wind. That is probably also related to other features of boat design, but > it does suggest that padding your wife's boat a lot so she is tight in it > will help. > > > Joy Hecht > Arlington VA joy, how do those boats compare to a shorter [14'6"] wider[unkown?32"?] boat with a couple inches rocker? the traveller you borrowed, or to mike's seda viking [15'6" x ?32?"] i'd love to hear the comparison. we had a moderate wind, and while the traveller "seemed" much slower, my time for the lake crossing was only 5 minutes less than last year. and while on that subject, [sort of!!] let's start a new thread here, like a "floating, internet membership" for local clubs, so travelling club members can join other club's trips, even though not a member of the local club. sort of "virtual memberships" mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: "In a world without fences, who needs 'Gates'" -- Scott McNealy "In a world without walls, who needs 'Windows'" -- Dave Livigni *************************************************************************** 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 19 1998 - 15:57:25 PDT
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