>Alex said: > >>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. > >It will be interesting to see how Chris Duff makes out in his new rudderless kayak. He is coming to Victoria (BC) on Thursday, and I hope to ask him a few questions. Also, at the last presentation he gave, he told the audience that he is not affraid of accidental capzize, as he has a bombproof roll. Chris is my "roll model"! > >BTW, if you ever talk to Paul Caffyn about his rudder, he loves it, and also likes a fairly deep-draft length. > >Lastly, has anyone seen the Japanese "version" of a Sea Kayaker Magazine style of journal? It is really cool, awsesome pictures (of course :-)), and very detailed. Too bad I couldn't read the articles. > >BC'in Ya >Doug Lloyd *************************************************************************** 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 - 23:24:56 PDT
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