Hi y'all, A while ago we had a little debate going about the need use a rudder. Well, I was one of those who saw nothing wrong with using a rudder. Others stated firmly that if you have a good design, you shouldn't ever need a rudder. I now have a different opinion after paddling a Wilderness Systems Cape Horn. My old paddling buddy Andy Zimmerman (Wilderness Systems) is here in sunny southern Thailand visiting us. He brought over some Cape Horns. Wow, what a nice boat. I'm at the upper recommended weight (I weigh 215 lbs.), yet the boat handles beautifully. I had absolutely no problem with tracking even in a quartering sea. We encountered a wide variety of conditions without any handling problems. We had some novices with us on a recent paddle and they also experienced no problems with tracking. It's also one of the most comfortable boats I've ever paddled. Cheers, Dave Dave Williams, Director PaddleAsia dave_at_paddleasia.com http://paddleasia.com 93/6 Soi Samakit 2, Yaowarat Road Phuket Town, Phuket 83000 Thailand *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Dec 31 1999 - 19:56:17 PST
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