Jerry, Hope I can jump in hear before calling it a night. The Tidrace Xcite is a little more purpose oriented toward sloppy stuff in currents. And sure, for playing in rips, I think the Xcite would be my favourite kayak, having tried it. BTW, I've paddled with Frank Goodman and spent a bit of time chatting him up about the Nordkapp HM and HS. Though he and Matt Broze came at things differently, they relly dedicated themselves to perfection. Sure, other designers and companies make a variety of fantastic product now, but these two guys remain my heros for that dedication. As for getting back to a bit of reserve bouyancy, it can't hurt and it never will. My reserve bouyancy rests in my paddle blades which is just something I prefer, for now. Doug > Carey, > I think your post misses the point. We are not discussing a big wide > stable boat in rough conditions. The question is whether a small bit of > reserve buoyancy (as suggested at the Tiderace site) and add to handling > ease in these conditions. Compare the Tiderace Excite to the Nordkapp LV, > both 21 inches in beam and similar lengths and similar design intent. The > Tiderace will have a bit more stability than the NLV, and perhaps give > better feedback in unruly water. The Tiderace is not going to incline to > 45 deg on such a wave any more than the NLV. One will just be more > comfortable and have to pay less attention to staying upright. I see only > advantages to this small increment in stability. > > Jerry *************************************************************************** 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 Sun May 10 2009 - 01:33:21 PDT
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