From: "Patrick Maun" <patrick_at_patrickmaun.com> > >Mike wrote: > >>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. > > Is the GTH the older touring model? Got a note about this offline from someone. Sorry - some of us Solstice owners are a tad weary of all the letters and have taken to dropping the V. Hence, we call the GTHV the GTH and the GTSHV the GTSH. > I had a Soltice GTS and thought > the hulls were similar. The GTS is an awful carving boat. It is wonderful > at tracking and barely weathrcocks, but you have to be on your side > for it to actually start to turn when leaning. They are similar hulls but there is a difference in beam (2") which results in a significant difference in performance between the GT and GTS versions. I've only paddled a GTS a couple of times briefly, and found it more difficult to turn. It has less secondary and a straighter side longitudinally. When on edge, it lifts the keel line less than the GT and, I'm supposing, shows a less "shaped" hull to the water. Hence it doesn't turn as well. The GT, on the other hand, is so beamy and stiff in rolling resistance that a lot of paddlers don't lean it very much. It takes a serious lean to get the GT into a good turning position. > On the otherhand, > I have a Neckly Arluk III and a FC Khatsalano which both carve beautifully, > but have some weathercocking issues when unloaded. One boat that > suprised me was the Current Designs Extreme. It is extremely (*grin*) > long, but manages to track and to lean turns quite nicely. I only > paddled one unloaded for a little bit and in calm conditions so have > no idea how it really performs in the field, but I was impressed. > I haven't heard too many bad things about the Extreme. I'd like to try it some day. 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 Wed Dec 05 2001 - 10:06:07 PST
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