Steve said: >Andy, Please make sure you share your opinions of the GS with the group after you test paddle it. So far you've already heard comments that range from "it's great" to "it's a barge". I suspect your opinion will probably be somewhere between those two. ;-)< The Gulfstream is no barge. Being a bit wider, it sits a little higher in the water so less surface friction is evident. I've seen these boats is some pretty miserable conditions, and they do very well indeed. I think you can push them a little faster than hull speed with minimum effort compared to narrower Greenland styled kayaks that max out sooner, but I've yet to meet a Gulfstream owner who can outpace my heavy Nordkapp when I feel like utilizing my push-pulling stroke (you use body momentum to thrust the kayak forward, then quickly place your paddle well forward and physically try to pull the water backward; more akin to a pulling-water stroke used for outrigger paddling). Works for me and gets me back home through some rather intense seas that most folks will never experience. At times it is the only stroke that gives any forward momentum. It also works well for towing in extreme conditions, though better done with a rear tow as opposed to a torso-tow. The stroke is extremely hard on one's shoulder joints. After some storms, it's back home with dual frozen pea bags for the evening. 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 Wed Jun 18 2003 - 23:33:38 PDT
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