Hello On an overnight trip this weekend, I ran into a bit of a problem with my boat ( a Necky Narpa) that I haven't had before. On the way back, there was an open crossing where we hit about a 20 knot wind directly from the right hand side. It was combined with a 3 knot current going the same direction, so waves were small. My Narpa weather cocked like mad all the way accross. I soon got fed up leaning and double paddling which wasn't really working, so I used the rudder which helped a lot. Usually this boat tracks very well in wind without any rudder. One of my paddling buds said he thought my boat could have been looking a bit nose heavy. I might have had a little more gear than usual up front ( 10 lbs) but it didn't feel any different in the water. Anyone have any thoughts? Cheers Dan *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Dec 01 2002 - 06:14:48 PST
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