[Paddlewise] Feathercraft Genoa

I've spent a little time wandering around the net looking at folding kayaks,
mainly because all reference I've seen so far dealing with standard sailing
rig setups has related to them.
I've seen a few spinnaker rigs for downwind sailing but the Feathercraft K2
Expedition double is the only one I've seen so far with some sort of genoa
rigging.  As I get older and feebler (physically that is) the thought of
being able to sail into (off of) 20-30+ knot winds is beginning to look more
and more attractive.  Sure beats trying to paddle against them.
I havn't seen anything on the sort of keel, center/dagger board setups that
would be required to prevent sideways slippage but assume it would be kinda
awkward & cumbersome.
I was suprised to learn that the K2's can be converted to a K1 by pretty
much just changing the seat.  I always thought K2's had two holes (kinda
like an outhouse) for people to sit in/on.  I always wondered how that guy
that paddled to Hawaii simply slid down under the deck to sleep.  Of course
he probably also had Tiny Tim Ingram's invention along for stablilzation
:-).
Now I'm confused as to what to do with my knees in an open K2 cockpit
when/if I'm trying to brace.  
Haven't read Ralph's book yet.  Waiting for after the holidays to get that
and the weather forecasting books.



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