Doug wrote: >....clapotis seekers might benefit from a kayak with lots >of bow buoyancy, including other designs for a perfect >playboat. I'm going for low windage and a tight cockpit. >Can't get that need for speed, need for high-wind >performance out of my mind. G'day Doug and all, 100 percent agree with the tight cockpit. Hadn't thought about the helmet but that sounds like a smart thing to do. Two weeks ago we were coming out of a place called The Drum and Drumsticks on the south coast of NSW in Oz and passed through a field of 1 to 1.5 metre clapotis extending over about a half km square. I was being followed by a friend who wanted to see how I found my way through, which is generally by letting the boat do its own thing and making regular corrections to keep going in the right direction. What was interesting is that the boat was rarely thrown into the air by the clapotis waves but seemed to slide between them and I'm wondering if this is because of the very narrow 'sail like" bow of the Pittarak. My friend ET who was fairly close behind most of the way said that the boat took a zig zag course through the clapotis. 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 Tue Jun 17 2008 - 05:38:49 PDT
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