At 01:43 PM 6/5/03 -0500, Joyce, Thomas F. wrote: >The cockpits look like keyholes, not ocean style. Does anyone know the >thinking on that choice? I don't think the Romany Explorer is available with an ocean cockpit. It sounds like Leon's spray skirt didn't implode even under some pretty harsh conditions so I think they're okay with the keyhole cockpits. Chris also used a Romany with a keyhole cockpit for his circumnavigation of New Zealand. I don't think an ocean cockpit would have prevented the carnage that the surf did to that boat. I'd heard about the damage done to it but his new book has a picture of it. I found it kind of ironic that Leon ended up doing a wet exit because a couple of months ago he was doing my BCU assessment, I missed my first roll attempt, and he said "you don't have to try it again, John, I've seen you roll lots of times". *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Jun 05 2003 - 12:08:48 PDT
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