Patrick Maun <patrick_at_patrickmaun.com> wrote: > I did have a very negative experience in the Khats weekend before > last. Maybe some of you here can shed some light on it. I set off > with a group I have never paddled with for a short day paddle on the > North Sea. Everything started out well and the paddling seemed fine. > That is, it seemed fine as we were paddling around a point out onto > the sea following the coast to our left. Once we were out, I noticed > that my boat continued veering to the left - as if she missed land > and wished to return. I thought this might be due to the current and > chop and mentioned it to a companion and asked if he was experiencing > the same problem. He wasn't. > I had a similar experience with my K-1. It puzzled me until I started paying closer attention to how I was sitting in the boat. To my surprise, I'd been paddling with the boat seriously leaned over to one side. Once I took more care to keep the boat level, and focused more on using my knees to control edging and leaning, the boat stopped veering off to the side. -- mike ----------------------------------- Michael Edelman mje_at_spamcop.net http://www.foldingkayaks.org http://www.findascope.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Oct 11 2001 - 05:12:26 PDT
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