RE: [Paddlewise] Advice on boats

Jerry wrote
>However, if I am choosing between two similarly dimensioned boats, designed
for the same purposes, including rough water,
>and one of them has slightly more stability while not suffering any other
handling or speed characteristic, then I would opt for
>the extra bit of stability.  Why not?  It would make no sense to me to choose
lower stability for the purpose of learning technique.

G'day Jerry,

That does make sense. I'm tending towards one "well behaved" boat for
expeditions where the objective is to tackle long trips comfortably and safely
and another boat that allows me to "learn" or "experiment". My friend has her
comfortable expedition boat and is looking for something more.

Learning, experimenting and playing take different people to different kinds
of boat. One of my interests is in the effect of boats and paddles on muscle
memory, as I don't have much, getting old! After a month or two in the
Pittarak my hip flick and roll improves significantly and of course I could
achieve the same result by diligently practising hip flicks.

By the way I thought Robert's post touched on new ground worth exploring more.
One doesn't often hear about the role of the human body in kayak design and
dynamics.

All the best, PeterO
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