> The new boats offer a rudder option and I am wondering why. > Roger Lumb I haven't tried this boat, but one reason could be that for marketing reasons it is good to have a rudder version as well. Some people just can't live/paddle without one. Rudder and skeg should both keep the boat on track if wanted, a rudder just minimizes the skills to be able to stear the boat -not necessarily a good thing, insufficient skills I mean. Rudders and skegs can break and one should be able get along without them... If you know your paddling strokes you should be fine with the skeg version, if not learn and master them no matter if your boat will have a rudder, a skeg, or neither one. For the advertised purpose (playboat for rockgardens etc.) I think the skeg is the better solution. Long distance touring may benefit more from the rudder, but for that purpose I would pick a different boat design in the first place. But that's just my 0.02$ Ulli Ulli Hoeger Dept. Physiology and Biophysics Dalhousie University Halifax, B3H 4H7 Nova Scotia, Canada Phone: INT 902 494 2673 Fax: INT 902 494 1685 Phone 2: 902 497 4045 *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 23 2002 - 14:02:14 PDT
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