G'Day (Sorry for the repeat message I forgot the title yesterday), Doug, if the wide stable boat had been packed properly i.e no significant deck load, do you think the boat would have been as difficult to handle? Do you have any recommendations for users of such boats on open water crossings? I paddle both narrow fast boats as well as wide stable boats training to take on long open water crossings, so am interested in these experiences. PeterO Doug Lloyd wrote:- >As most of you regular subscribers know, I was one of the three rescued off >the Storm Islands in the middle of Queen Charlotte Sound/Straight during >our attempted off-season crossing in early April. The fellow who had the >most difficulty, even prior to his rudder-slider breakage during the >crossing, had a wide, stable boat full of gear and extra food. The boat >weighed a ton. If that wasn't bad enough, he had a home-made paddlefloat on >his rear deck. It was essentially a large foam cushion custom-covered in >vinyl, about 15" x 8" x 20". Additionally, he had a *very* large duffle bag >with more extraneous gear, also on the back deck of his already high volume >touring kayak. The other fellow was paddling an Arluk 1.8 and I was in my >low volume Nordkapp. There was no comparison between the two performance >boats as compared to the higher-than-high windage problems being >encountered by the paddler of the larger kayak with deck load. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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