Re:[Paddlewise] Paul Caffyn's article

Matt Broze said:" <mkayaks_at_oz.net>
Subject: Re:[Paddlewise] Paul Caffyn's article

<snip> >>>Give me a good drop skeg
mounted further forward from the stern any day (even though many have
problems of there own I won't go into here).>>>

I've been out in big, difficult seas with a number of different paddlers
in different kinds of kayaks (the other kayakers, that is). All were
highly skilled. The kayaks that tracked best with the least amount of
effort on the part of the paddler were the hard chine boats with a skeg
well toward amidships (as opposed the the usual anemic location most
manufactures place them). The other kayak that excelled was my own kayak
with the deep draft rudder; but on one occasion it failed, and I had a
difficult time keeping up with the other guys in quartering seas, due to
the lost effort of sweep stroke corrections and the inability to really
set a round bilge hull way out on edge for better directional control in
nasty conditions. I'd still like to get out and see what those Mariner
boys can do in real world conditions.

BC'in Ya
Doug Lloyd

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