"E. Sullivan" wrote: > >2) Current Designs Caribou (NOT the S version). Jade with yellow trim. > >I have this one already, but I would have preferred kevlar. > >Unfortunately all new Caribous come with a skeg (the S version), so I > >can't get kevlar anymore. > > I'm curious about your objection to skegs ( assume you are not too stuffy, because > the Extreme has a rudder). I've got the S and love it. Very manouverable with skeg > up, strong tracking when down. I don't use the skeg much, but it's been trouble-free, > and it's nice to have sometimes. My objection to the skeg was that the boat did not need it, and it cuts down on the available space in the back. The only time tracking was an issue with me was when I had the trim wrong and the Caribou wanted to turn into the wind constantly. I found that five liters of water in the back hatch, right up next to the bulkhead, trims the boat nicely for me. I have no objections to skegs or rudders, and do agree that there are times that they are much better to have than not. But I learned to paddle in a whitewater kayak, so EVERYTHING tracks real nice to me. Mike -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jul 15 1999 - 08:48:35 PDT
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