Dan, My experience with the Narpa is 20 knots from abeam with even a perfectly balanced load and you'd be using your rudder for exactly what it was designed for. Helping maintain balance. It is NOT a sin! Most boats weathercock _at_ 20k. If they don't then they are very stiff trackers and *probably* hard to turn, unless edged. They also could LEE cock as the wind speeds increase. Lee cocking is the desire for the boat to head downwind, or cock to leeward. Very Scary. =:-o) It's all about BALANCE. Necky's especially are geared to a more maneuverable/ rudder dependent in a blow philosophy. They remove some of the tracking aspect and reduce wetted surface (for speed and maneuvering) then add a rudder. Rudders and retractable skegs help balance the boat to the conditions. Use 'em if you need 'em!!! steve *************************************************************************** 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 - 07:32:15 PST
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