Hi Listers, Since I often paddle on day outings and weigh 170lbs, my P&H Quest rides a bit higher than I'd like unloaded in rough seas. I've been thinking about adding ballast in the form of lead shot sealed in a dry bag anchored just behind the seat. Besides improving stability in rough seas, should also help with my sometimes shaky roll. OK, I know, practice is the best remedy, and I do plenty of that, but let's not make the perfect the enemy of the merely good. I've read the articles/digest, and the comments there have been very instructive. My question to you is how much weight and whether to move the seat to the forward mounted position, which the Quest includes as a design option. Tentative Answers: 50lbs of hardened lead shot in a dry bag and yes, move the seat forward, but thought to get some additional advice before putting this plan to the test. Thanks in advance, John ********************************************************* John S. March, MD, MPH Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Duke Child and Family Study Center 718 Rutherford Street Durham, NC 27705 919/416-2404 (P); 919/416-2420 (F) Email: jsmarch_at_acpub.duke.edu Website: http://www2.mc.duke.edu/pcaad "I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true." --Carl Sagan ********************************************************* *************************************************************************** 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 Aug 19 2002 - 05:10:42 PDT
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