On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 14:30:57 -0400, "Richard Culpeper" <culpeper_at_tbaytel.net> said: > This spring I took up six person outrigger canoeing. It's a blast. 40 > feet long, just wide enough to fit into, and fast, fast, fast. Be sure to try the one and two person outrigger canoes if you get a chance. Some of the singles are wonderful if you get some following waves. The tandem, at 26 feet long, is too long to catch many of our local waves(North east USA), the 21 foot singles are much better at catching waves. The sixes are fun, paddled 19 miles saturday morning in a six, but I like the singles better. A single outrigger canoe is about the same speed as a reasonably fast kayak, my estimate is they are a little slower than a Seda Glider. Last summer I attempted to paddle one of the single outrigger canoes without the outrigger. Boy was that entertaining... flail, panic brace, panic brace, flail, flail, flail splash. My 17" beam surf ski is far more stable than the outrigger hull. Some day I hope to be good enough to fly the amas for more than 2 strokes... As Richard suggested definitely try the outrigger canoes if you get the chance. Kirk -- Kirk Olsen kork4_at_cluemail.com *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 15 2003 - 19:17:26 PDT
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