Re: [Paddlewise] [PaddleWise] Stability

With all our(?) concern about safety
a Question for me is:
with how much (initial) instability do we have to put up?
(talking about touring boats of course)
I am willing to give up some initial stability for ease of paddling,
for most of the time I don't need a lot of it,
_and_ I like to be able to easy roll a boat to the rails
and still feel stable (= good secondary/final/overall stability?).
BUT I also want a boat that is easy in the heavy stuff
(that is Safety to me).
And I doubt if high secondary stability alone
will really safe me if _I_ lose my balance/brace...
So how (much) do I have to compromise?
Is there a sensible thing that can be said about that?

Dirk Barends

http://huizen.dds.nl/~dbarends/cwp.html



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