Jerry F said: If you compare the NF Legend to the Nordkapp, both are very tippy (too tippy for me), but you have a 'boxy' vs a round cross section. So chines do not necessarily provide either reserve stability or feedback Jerry & Doug, I've been paddling a NF Shadow for the last 4 years as my main boat. My other touring boat is a P&H Capella and prior to that it was a Gulfstream. I think I have plenty of experience paddling both a "boxy" hard chined boat and a "round hulled" British design. Although the Shadow (same hull but 1" wider than the NF Legend), is a "tippier" boat for someone not used to it, it is only the primary stability that is so light. Once you edge the boat onto one of the chines, it will sit there all day. The softer chined boats like the Capella and the Gulfstream, do not have that solid secondary stability that the chine provides. It just takes a while to get used to a boat that will edge by just thinking of edging a boat. Steve Holtzman Southern California *************************************************************************** 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 16 2009 - 18:41:08 PDT
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