Re: [Paddlewise] Feed the Need

Steve,
Although I agree about what happens once you are on the edge of a NF boat, 
that misses the point a bit.  What seems desireable to me is to get 
gradually progressive feedback as you lean from center, as well as gradually 
progressive carving.  It seems preferable to me to be able to easily and 
controllably regulate the degree of edging and the resultant degree of 
turning.  The Mariner II, for example, has this excellent characteristic, as 
do other boats.  Perhaps one can develop this ability with the Shadow, but I 
don't see what advantage the light primary has.
Jerry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Holtzman" <sh_at_actglobal.net>
To: "'Jerry F'" <gfoodma_at_earthlink.net>; "'paddlewise'" 
<paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net>; "'Doug Lloyd'" <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:40 PM
Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Feed the Need


> 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
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