In a message dated 2/2/2007 4:40:53 PM Pacific Standard Time, douglloyd_at_shaw.ca writes: In my own experience, my heavier kayak is less prone to indiscriminant sideways movement when traversing close to shoreline along gnarly sections. Certainly, the roughest hurricane-force paddling I did in the 80"s was fully aided and abetted by placing 200 to 400 pounds of rocks distributed in the storage compartments, using small rock. It was the only way to provide momentum through the raging seas, submarining through many a steep waveface, keeping the kayak relatively horizontal in both planes. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is an interesting comment. I used a spraydeck with a roll down bale hole that had a drybag style closure. Its intent is to be able to pump or retrieve small items with the deck still attached. A large wave broke right on top of me, punching through the *dry* bag style closure and completely filled my cockpit with water. The boat was behaving badly but being in the impact zone with one last set of breakers to get through I made the decision to try to bowl my way through them. The weight of the boat made driving through the last one quite easy. I never really got over the wave, but just plowed through. In retrospect I think I was lucky the wave wasn't a longer period wave and thus thicker. Cheers, Rob G *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Feb 02 2007 - 16:54:49 PST
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