<It will be my first boat, and I'm looking for something that's general <purpose -- that I can use for day paddles as well as longer trips here on <the West Coast (Southern California). My first purchase was a K-1 and I have never regretted it. NOT the ideal Sunday afternoon paddle. Always takes an hour to assemble. If that's what your going to use it for, you ideally have a place to leave it assembled. I hear the new K-1's assemble faster. The K-1 is a superb expedition boat. In rough seas it is second to none in speed and tracking. By all means use the rudder, though. Only takes a second to assemble, and who wants to paddle 20 miles trying to track straight without a rudder? Exhausting! Douglas Montgomery San Francisco *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
WARNING! WARNING! I am about to flog a dead horse, er, I mean rudder... Douglas Montgomery wrote: > My first purchase was a K-1 and I have never regretted it. ...<snip>... > The K-1 is a superb expedition boat. In rough seas it is second to none in > speed and tracking. By all means use the rudder, though. Only takes a second > to assemble, and who wants to paddle 20 miles trying to track straight > without a rudder? Exhausting! Exhausting? Well I suppose it can be, if you have not managed to trim the boat correctly. If you get the boat trimmed correctly it is not the least bit difficult to make it track straight without the use of the rudder. If you would rather not bother, that's fine. You can always adjust for a poorly trimmed boat by using the rudder. In such cases the rudder is a real energy saver. But there are other alternatives that allow you to avoid both the exhaustion and the use of the rudder. Dan Hagen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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