OK, just as I sent off the first e-mail it hit me that I was thinking too much in terms of surf boats and not properly considering the limitations of the sea kayak on a wave. Surfing a sea kayak is pretty much just a game of trying to keep the boat running straight on the wave. So if the boat is trying to run to the left one would try to straighted it out by ruddering on the right and in Duane's case he would edge the boat to the left, or into the wave, which one could argue exposes the rounded hull to the turn and the oncoming water, which could in fact be beneficial to a minor extent. I still prefer to pivot the boat around the brace, but Duane's method does have legs, at least in theory. The next time I have a sea kayak out in the surf I will be sure to give Duane's way a try. Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** 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 Aug 23 2009 - 05:23:10 PDT
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