Just this moment back from a night blast in a good wind, 34 kts max, mean 27, in my Nordkapp sans-rudder, to find the arguments of skeg versus rudder versus smooth hull are still raging. Is it fun to use good technique to control a long boat in lumpy sea? Yes, of course. Would a skeg have allowed me to keep the boat level in a quartering wind when I couldn't see the sea? Of course. If I had my rudder fitted (fell off years ago and I never put it back) would I have got better surfing runs on the way home, using all paddle strokes for forward speed as against steering? Yes again, of course. Strokes for folks. But, if using a rudder, do cross the cables, it all makes much more sense. Keep at it Doug. Cheers JKA -- John Kirk-Anderson Banks Peninsula NEW ZEALAND *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Jun 22 2004 - 02:54:44 PDT
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