[Paddlewise] Minimal Kleppers (rudders, seats and speed)

Matt,
	I'm shocked - stunned, my mates throw a race - never! (unless the
betting was fixed). Come to think of it they may have had a beer on the
result. An extract from their official report of the event follows : -
"Confronted with further wind and rain the foursome
accepted U-boat Pete's challenge to a race to the beach to test the speed of
the U Boat sans some internal superstructure and humongous rudder. With
ballast tanks fully blown, all surplus gear jettisoned and only seriously
challenged by ........." (the rest is confidential).

Thanks for the comments - I'll do some serious time trials on Saturday.

PeterO

Matt Broze wrote : -
>You might want to run some timed tests both ways to confirm
>your observations as to the speed. Maybe your buddies slowed down to play a
>joke on you.
PeterO wrote : -
>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)

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