Dave wrote and John reiterated >Peter, can you pin down "less comfortable ride" >a little? Not sure what a less comfortable ride >might be in a sea kayak. G'Day Dave and John, First I may be confusing the effects of primary and secondary stability, I'll ask you to judge. Pinning down 'comfortable ride' When paddling in flat water my Pittarak feels quite tippy compared with a hard chined wooden boat that I borrow occasionally. When paddling these boats unloaded, through 1 to 1.5 meter rebound, I mostly use my hips rather than a brace stroke to 'edge' the boat vertical leaning into the waves a bit. With the tippy Pittarak this is done unconsciously and came naturally with no need to practice. With the more stable chined boat I need to work consciously and harder with my hips or else allow the boat to tip from the vertical, which is mildly disorienting and encourages the need to low brace. Maybe its nothing more than being used to the Pittarak, but I was curious about the effect of boat stability on ride stability in choppy water and because someone commented that the Evolution kayak was very stable in flat water I wondered if it might be less 'comfortable' in rebound. All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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 Mon May 09 2005 - 13:47:28 PDT
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