On Fri, 04 May 2007 23:41:05 -0700, "Doug Lloyd" <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca> said: > Kirk said (snip): > > I'm in Massachusetts. I've been on the water for about 6 weeks. > > Okay, okay! I'm impressed. :-) My point was it's not just a warm weather boat. "Impressing" you was a bonus ;-) > But how do you stay on top of a surf ski? I can't imagine life without > thigh braces. Or is it like riding a bike - just keep moving forward? It's more difficult - the transition is tough from a decked kayak - much easier from an open canoe. I balance by pushing down on the opposite butt cheek instead of pulling up with the onside knee. > http://www.surfskischool.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=2 http://www.surfski.info has some links to some good videos. > > That is definitely a cool looking boat. The 22" beam sounds more like a > > fishing platform (from my highly biased stupidly tippy perspective). > > Although if I wanted a tripping boat that would definitely be on my > > short list to demo. > > Surf ski paddlers are a narrow-minded lot, aren't they? :-) To push discussion being a highly biased is useful.. > I suppose North American manufactures will continue to come out with more > and more "Brit" style boats too, both play-sized and expedition-volumed. > I see Nimbus has a new one coming out (Ice Kap) that I first saw on > Sterling > Donalson's site: > > http://sterlingskayak.com/Manufacturing.shtml One of the people on the surf ski mailing list recently lamented that the North American market is 5 to 8 years behind the southern hemisphere in terms of what was available for performance boats - for both multisport racing and surf skis. There are rotomolded surf skis available in Australia and South Africa, none that I'm aware of in the northern hemisphere. Most of the rotomolded sit no tops in north america seem to be geared toward the fishing market. It would be nice to see an inexpensive quasi performance sit on top. > Yeah...still affraid of chine damage and paddelability without the hull > section profile I'm used to. Hey, I think digitus-longevitus should be > aided now that I have oxygen flowing to the brain again and good hemodynamic > perfusion, though I did opt for the pig valve to negate blood thinner use > - given that I'll still be woodworking. :-) Build yourself a hard chine boat and beat the crap out of it on one of your local walk out padde spots to see if you trust it. > BTW, I did consider prepreg nomex for a possible self-built Nordkapp, but > my kitchen oven won't fit the full length for curing. I've got a local kayak company with a prepreg nomex system. If you have a similar company in your area it might be possible to rent time using it, if they have some downtime. I'll be demoing one of their kayaks this afternoon - I hope the water's lumpy ;-) Kirk -- Kirk Olsen *************************************************************************** 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 Sat May 05 2007 - 06:53:41 PDT
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