>Hey, if you like the sea, why not be closer to it? Actually, it is a very >popular kayak in the UK, as is the replacement, "Nordkapp Jubilee". They >have rough conditions over there. I think most of the recent Nordkapp's >come with skegs these days. the one-sided paddlers had the older version >with the fiberglass modified skegged hull, not the drop down type. To >answer your question, I don't know. I do know that Chris Duff is heading >for a New Zealand S Island circumnavigation, and he is leaving behind his >trusty steade, his Nordkapp, and taking instead his new Romany - the >disloyal bugger! One thing is for sure, my Norkapp has got me home from >some terrible seas. Of those kayaks that have circumnavigated the South Island of New Zealand, Nordkapps - one with skeg, a "homemade, slip on affair" (Paul Caffyn), rudder Bevan Walker. Also one Southern Aurora with rudder, Brian from Colorado. Bevan's rudder has black and white stripes (like a sea snake) to dissuade sharks. It is unlikely that any NZ shark will know what a sea snake is but he hasn't had any problems as far as we know. All other attempts that I know of were in kayaks with rudders, the Japanese paddlers tending to under-estimate condidtions. Paul changed to using a rudder part way through his Australian circunavigation after having problems with the skeg. Alex . . Alex (Sandy) Ferguson Chemistry Department University of Canterbury New Zealand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Oct 12 1999 - 17:42:42 PDT
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