Nick Gull wrote: When I had a ruddered boat I used to remove it for dedicated surf sessions. To prevent damage and reduce chance of injury to others (and their boats). This was not a dedicated surf session. I usually go through the surf line twice. Once to get out and once when I'm returning. The rudder really was necessary (or at least very helpful). The wind was blowing at 35-40 knots with wind waves of 6 feet and a swell of 11 feet according to the Coast Guard who gave current conditions on the VHF just before we got back to the beach. My paddling companion was in a rudderless boat and he paddled the entire day leaned on to one edge. I found it was much easier to just kick in some right rudder and that kept me from constantly turning into the wind. In spite of my wet landing, it was a great paddling day--65 degree air temp and very sunny with a water temp of 59. Steve Holtzman *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Nov 25 1999 - 00:34:14 PST
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