G'Day, On a couple of occasions now I've forgotten my rudder when packing a Klepper and noticed it seemed a bit faster and more manoeverable. Today I was stupider and forgot the seat - so improvised one from plastic sheet and a couple of sponges - it was a few inches lower than normal and suprisingly the boat was much faster. Raced my paddling companions who use Mirages and beat them (the Mirage is quite a fast Australian hardshell sea kayak), often I'm struggling to keep up. I'm not particularly muscular (6 foot and 10 stone). My friends suggested that the more I leave off the boat the better and suggested forgetting the skin next time! But I'll draw the line at that! Does anyone have an explanation? PeterO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jul 25 1999 - 01:37:35 PDT
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