It is not unusual for a boat to be harder to turn when it is moving. But make sure you are really sweeping your blade out wide. Concentrate your force onthe last part of the stroke. Rotate your body so you can bring your blade in close to the side of the kayak as far back, behind the cockpit as comfortable. Putting power into the stoke when the blade is beside the cockpit and moving straight back will primarily accelerate your boat forward with little effect on turning. At 5:38 PM +1100 1/7/02, PeterO wrote: >G'Day, > >My forward sweep is not good! > >When stationary I can get a forward sweep to move a sea kayak about 45 >degrees but when moving the forward sweep gives only about 20 degrees - less >on choppy water unless I'm on top of a wave. This compares with 90 degrees >rotation for a reverse sweep whether moving or stationary. Attempts to do >better wind up improving nothing but my roll:~). Can anyone tell me what >should be possible and suggest techniques to improve without too much >capsizing. I'm finding this to be one of the most difficult manovers - >harder than learning how to roll in fact! > >All the best and thanks, PeterO -- Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 (860) 659-8847 *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jan 07 2002 - 09:56:16 PST
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