On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:08:15 -0400, you wrote: >There are two distinct older Nordkapp designs. One was designed specifically >for expeditions and has a built in "keel" which is designed NOT to turn. The >standard hull has quite a bit of rocker and turns easily but benefits >greatly, IMHO, from the skeg. My Nordkapp is one of the older models with the built-in keel/skeg. One thing that I like about it is that it goes in a fairly straight line as my turns tend to be gradual. The Spitzbergen is supposed to be tippy, but I haven't found it to be that way. The Sirius is quite stable. -- cheers, Stephen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 10 2000 - 10:33:02 PDT
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