Re: [Paddlewise] Rocker: too many sea kayaks

From: <dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 13:05:44 -0400
|Putting weight forward will tend to aggravate the most common difficult
|handling situations. It may help some in headwinds but that is not a
|condition people generally have difficulty with. Be sure to try the dive
|belt in the stern though, it should reduce weatherhelm and broaching
|tendencies..

Hmmm.  I thought I already had enough weight in my stern!  8-)

The reason I was thinking putting the dive belt forward was to balance the load
in the kayak.  Lately I've been carrying a heavy load of camera equipment in the
stern.  So I figured the belt might help up front.  I guess I"ll find out.  I
just want to see if I can ease any tendency for the Looksha to turn into the
wind.

Thanks...
Dan McCarty




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