Craig Wrote; >Arthur, your canoe spraydeck sounds well engineered. When paddling this >canoe in open water do you sit or kneel? I'm wondering what sort of >techniques you use (if any) to increase stability in ocean waves. > The Tempest no longer manufactured by Mad River was marketed as a "aerobic exercise" craft or pleasure racer. I sat in the canoe. I did lower the seat by about one and a half inches. When I first purchased the canoe I was having stability problems in just one foot waves (single bladed paddle). Spent a lot of time back then practicing balance by time on the water. Was able to handle up to four foot waves after time. There was many capsizes before I could handle the larger waves. Just kinda worked my way up to the larger waves. Unusual as it may sound safety was always a concern. The Tempest was paddled in Lake Ponchartrain did not paddle in ocean waves. Lake Ponchartrain is a great training ground due to it's shallow waters (avg.. eight feet depth) wind driven waves can build to a decent size in it's 24 mile fetch. I guess to answer your question on increased stability for me it was just time on the water ( and many times in it). Arthur Hebert *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Dec 08 1999 - 20:04:35 PST
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