At 09:12 PM 7/18/02 -0400, Gabriel L Romeu wrote: >Melissa Reese wrote: > > > > > John Fereira built a North Bay, and seems quite happy with > > it...perhaps he'll comment. I was originally interested in building a > > North Bay, but since I haven't had a chance to paddle one yet, I > > decided to start with a boat I'm familiar with, and know that I > > already like. Actually, I built the Northbay XL. I don't think I've ever claimed that it doesn't weathercock. That's pretty much my biggest complaint with it. On the other hand, the secondary stability is so good that edging the boat to compensate on a longish crossing is real easy. > > > >My North Bay would have been a MUCH nicer boat if I had >placed the cockpit 4-5 inches aft and didn't concern myself >with the unnecessary weighty reinforcement. > >weathercocks badly and requires more effort than it should >to get it up to hull speed. It's hard to say how my XL compares in terms of weathercocking to yours but I've never had any complaints about it's speed and the effort required to get it up to speed. >I am considering sawing off the deck and doing some >extensive modifications. I've thought about doing the same with mine and making a cedar strip deck. I'd lower the rear deck and recess the cockpit combing to make it easier to do layback rolls. That would probably help the weather cocking as well. I'm quite happy with my Outer Island so far though so I'll probably just clean it up and sell it. Rather than cut off the deck you might consider building up the keel line at the stern like Duane S. wrote about awhile back. *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 22 2002 - 11:17:22 PDT
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