>> It seems to me that a variable-shape kayak would be a fine >> thing. To be able to change from a long fast cruiser to a >> rockered playboat as conditions change would be great. >> A skeg is just, IMNSHO, a step in that direction. Skeg >> up - take advantage of the rocker. Skeg down - get better >> tracking. Something similar already exists in an open canoe. You can order the Probe 12 from Mohawk with an adjustable center thwart. It's normally a whitewater boat with rocker. If you take in the thwart and make the boat narrower, the ends rise and you have even more rocker.... Or spread it out and now you have a boat that tracks better.... *************************************************************************** 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 - 21:56:25 PDT
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