Anyone find a bow rudder a useful stroke? And how do you do a good one? I use a sweep and Duffek [aka bow rudder] all the time, even in my sea kayaks. In whitewater instruction, there is no stroke called Duffek without a preceding stroke called "a sweep" on the opposite side as the Duffek. Very effective when the boat is edged and when the legs are pulled hard into the direction of the Duffek. Jim Tibensky _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.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/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 7/25/2002 5:09:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au writes: > I'm OK with the low brace turn, but my impression of using a bow rudder on a > long sea kayak is that it is not very effective. No doubt I need to learn > the > technique correctly. Anyone find a bow rudder a useful stroke? And how do > you > do a good one? > PT, I toy with the bow rudder just to have it in my bag of party tricks. For the most part, I don't find it very useful for sea kayaking. The stern rudder is so much more powerful, stable and ergonomic. However, I do find the bow rudder effective when I paddle a boat with the skeg down, because it is more difficult to slide the stern around with the skeg down than to slide the bow around, but I usually paddle rudder or rudderless/skegless boats. I also like the bow rudder for pulling off waves in a small surf boat, but I usually surf sea kayaks. The thought of using a bow rudder coming down the face of a six foot wave in a sea kayak makes me laugh. Duane Strosaker Southern California *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I am trying to think of a turning (not slight correction) stroke that wasn't taught without a sweep preceding it. anybody? James Tibensky wrote: > > Anyone find a bow rudder a useful stroke? And how do you > do a good one? > > I use a sweep and Duffek [aka bow rudder] all the time, even in my sea > kayaks. In whitewater instruction, there is no stroke called Duffek without > a preceding stroke called "a sweep" on the opposite side as the Duffek. > Very effective when the boat is edged and when the legs are pulled hard into > the direction of the Duffek. > -- ¤ gabriel l romeu ¤ http://studiofurniture.com ¤ http://journalphoto.org ¤ http://kayakoutfitting.com ¤ http://kayaknavigation.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/ ***************************************************************************
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