Re: [Paddlewise] Rocker: too many sea kayaks

|It might help top speed to keep a level trim but more weight forward will
|agravate an already existing weatherhelm. If you want to cut weatherhelm put
|more weight in the back and less in the front.
This explains the trip my wife and I took where we had to cross an open stretch
of water, 90% of the trip was in a marsh.  The trip was only a couple of miles
to an island where we were setting up camp so we weren't to concerned with trim
and such.  But in crossing the open stretch of water a big gust caught my wifes
boat and it turned like a weather cock into the wind.  The problem was all the
boat traffic that we were trying to avoid and the new wind generated course was
not a good thing!  8-)

|Even to keep a level (usually
|the fastest) trim you must be careful to not put too much weight forward.
|Imagine you're balancing a teeter-toter with your center of gravity (groin)
|over the axis (while facing one end). Any weight you put in front of your
|feet is a much further from the axis than what you put right behind you, so
|you must put a lot more weight behind you to compensate for the length of
|your legs to remain in balance.

Ok.  Makes sense to me but it never occured to me!  8-)  I always have assumed
that I had to much wieght toward the stern.  I'll give this a try.

Thanks for the help...
Dan McCarty


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