Tord wrote, >I doubt Hannes Lindemann could roll his heavily loaded >Klepper Aerius II, when he crossed the Atlantic G'day Tord, 100% agree with your training comments and suspect you're right about the fully loaded double Aerius and rolling. It certainly sounds like a challenge. OTOH I found a single loaded Aerius is suprisingly easy to roll provided its possible to lock knees under the coaming. The combination of cargo weight and internal sponson made it definitely a "two phase" roll, a slight effort at first and as the sponson comes into play it sort of snaps the boat up. I've won several jelly babies betting on whether a loaded Klepper can be rolled - would love to try a double! Not sure about doing it in the middle of the Atlantic though! 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/ ***************************************************************************
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