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Rob Cookson wrote: -

>I would suggest that if you put one expert in a tippy boat and one expert
in
>a stable boat (both boats that the experts are familiar with) they would
>both stay upright until the point of exhaustion and then capsize.  I will
>say that with two novices in the same situation I have always seen the
>skinny boat capsize first.

G'Day Rob,

What you say is consistent with my experience. I'm a novice who paddles both
a 
Klepper Aerius single and a skinny small cockpit boat called a Pittarak. 
Both are delightful. In 3 foot chop the Klepper gives an effortless ride, in

the Pittarak when it is unloaded, the same chop requires me to exert a
conscious 
level of knee lift and very occasional bracing. The Klepper has both good
primary 
and secondary stability while the unloaded Pittarak has good secondary
stability. 
I'm told that when loaded it has good primary stability as well. I can
sometimes 
roll the Pittarak but not the Klepper and the Pittarak is faster. Larry
Gray, The 
designer of the Pittarak, can roll both with no modifications to either, he
is most
definitely an expert.

For extended trips off shore and at my present level of skill I would choose
the 
Klepper. When I am more skilled and in the company of fast paddlers I will
use the 
Pittarak.

All the best, PeterO

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