Oops, something I forgot to mention, I had bent a 1/4 inch aluminum rod in a arch and installed them under the spraydeck. They were installed at the ends close to my body at both the bow and stern spraydeck. They were held in place with Velcro and raised the ends of the spraydeck so water was flushed off before entering the canoe. Worked well. Arthur -> >Back in 1990 I had a spraydeck made for my Mad River Tempest Canoe at a >furniture upholstery shop. >I can not remember what the material is but it's like the vinyl type >banners. Two separate pieces one for the bow and one for the stern. The >stern cover was about 3 inches from my back when in the sitting position and >of course went all the way to the stern. The bow cover went from bow to >about mid way of my shins. I guess I had about four feet of the 17 foot >canoe not covered by this custom spray deck. > >The spray deck is attached with stainless steel button snaps spaced about 3 >inches apart. I had the tailor leave about 1 inch of the material hang >below the snaps which I applied 3/4 inch wide Velcro around the entire >perimeter of the spray deck on both bow and stern sections. I paddled in >extreme chop and waves many many times the spray deck never did detach. I >guess I should mention that I also carved large foam blocks to fill the same >area that the spray deck covered. Also had a Rule 500 electric bilge pump > the real life saver) rigged in the vessel. I won't go into how many times >I capsized in bad seas but I was always able to either reenter or float with >the vessel back to shore. >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/ >*************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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. --Craig Craig Hicks Arlington, Virginia *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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/ ***************************************************************************
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