From: "Shawn Baker" <shawnkayak_at_yahoo.com> > >According to Matt, Mariner kayaks turn by being edged alone. No > >initiation required. Something about the asymmetric shape of the hull. > > > Tilt right and the hull turns left and visa versa. > > They do, they really do! It's the craziest (but one of the neatest) > things I've ever felt. No discredit to the great folks at Mariner, but I'm a tad amazed that this seems to be a unique feature. Many kayaks do this, including my Solstice GTH, the Swift North Sea (JW design), Pintail and many more. In fact, this is one of the factors I consider in evaluating a kayak. For no particularly great reason, I expect a kayak to do this. (Note that my Ellesmere is not particularly great at this. It will turn with just a lean, but weakly and a bit of weather will make it go the other way. So there are other things I value as well. It's just that I always test this feature when trying a kayak.) The most symmetric hull I tried (that I can think of offhand) is the Caribou S. It is neither fish-form nor swede form and it had the least distinct turning behavior I've noted (skeg up, of course). Edge it without a sweep and it could go either way. With a sweep, it was fine. Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Dec 04 2001 - 13:48:31 PST
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