Re: [Paddlewise] Feed the Need

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca> wrote:

>
> I appreciate your perspective on "feedback." I think that may well sumarize
> what I'm missing in a kayak at the moment. I've always equated
> responsiveness with a degree of tippiness, simply because the kayak responds
> to hip movement so much faster.


This, finally, explains everything. I've always felt that I didn't
understand when talking to many kayakers (especially Brit boat kayakers)
about responsiveness. Now I realize why. I have always looked at
responsiveness like a sports car; quick to turn and move in another
direction. Doug just defined responsiveness in an entirely different way.


> However my experience with the Nordkapp HS and HM is that there isn't a lot
> of responsiveness to carving turns using body language and strokes, as it
> were.


Bingo (as they say in the senior centers)!!! If you feel that instantaneous
hip response is what you like then you will gravitate to Brit boats. But if
you like having the boat respond by carving a turn using a combination of
body language and strokes then you'll be disappointed with a Brit boat and
gravitate towards Mariners or even Pygmy boats.

I wonder how many of us understood these two different definitions of
"responsive".

Just goes to show ya.  Thanks, Doug and Jerry. :)


Craig Jungers
Moss Lake, WA
www.nwkayaking.net
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