>Bad points. > >Rudder: >1) Cables are a weak link and can break, leaving you rudderless. >Usually happens when you need it most. Ok, a bit of annual maintenance or checking. >3) Soft feeling foot braces, not locked in place ONLY with badly designed systems. >4) When in use, especially at high rudder angles, your feet are in >different positions - affecting bracing and paddle strokes. ONLY with bad design. >6) Requires constant muscle tension when in use. (not that your muscles >won't be tense at that time!) NO. >7) Rudder on deck interferes with some rescue techniques. Not on any we use. >8) I get kicked out of the Evangelical Church of Rudderless Paddlers. Well you'd be one of the VERY few to be a member to start with. Alex . . Alex (Sandy) Ferguson Chemistry Department University of Canterbury New Zealand *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Apr 10 2000 - 14:10:51 PDT
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