Tom said: >The cockpits look like keyholes, not ocean style. Does anyone know the thinking on that choice?< Either expedition or local waters use, the pros and cons of various cockpit arrangements are the same. I believe the current BCU school-of-thinking would advocate for a cockpit that provides quick egress yet good solid ensconcement. Only a white-water keyhole cockpit shoehorned into a sea kayak can provide for these two objectives. Having said that I prefer my ocean cockpit as I don't need to splay my legs to gain the required purchase that the keyhole cockpit normally demands. I also believe many fine paddlers advocate a bit of a loose fit to allow some wiggle room, as well as a big enough cockpit like a keyhole one, which also makes cowboy scramble rescues much easier. I restrict myself to mostly fully inverted re-entry and roll methodologies for self rescues, so the ocean cockpit works fine for me. I'd certainly look at the keyhole cockpit more seriously in terms of attributes if and when I replace my old-generation Nordkapp. I do know paddlers who make their own kayaks, and specifically incorporate the ocean cockpit dimensions out of choice. Doug Lloyd Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** 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 - 23:22:13 PDT
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