RE: [Paddlewise] kayak sailing video

I haven't tried sailing yet in my kayak, but maybe some day, but it doesn't
seem like it would be too hard to come up with some kind of lee board for
you sailors! It could double as a skeg for regular kayaking! My dos
centavos.

Mark Sanders
www.sandmarks.net

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Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] kayak sailing video


>I've ordered a larger blade for my rudder system - I'm curious to see if
that
will provide more resistance to the kayak's tendency to pivot downwind
around
the leeboard, and let me sail even further offwind.

It's ungratifying task to try to be a prophet, - but with larger rudder I
would expect better ppointing into the wind, but not much better resistance
to
the lee drifting.  The size isn't everything - rudder is too far aft to
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