On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:34 AM, MATT MARINER BROZE <marinerkayaks_at_msn.com>wrote: > It might be faster to lean to the outside there too but the steepness of > the wave face and the side pressure on the keel will usually make it very > difficult to get the boat back to being level with the horizon again. More > likely you will end up tumbling head first down the wave face. > > Ok... I think I'm wrapping my head around this concept now. It's surprisingly difficult to envision a kayak on an ocean wave while watching *I Love Lucy* re-runs on tv. I was not thinking in terms of correcting turns on a wave-face but more in terms of cutting back across the wave-face. It just takes me a while to catch on. But it all makes perfect sense to me now. When Duane mentioned that it takes him a while to dial into the different method of surfing a "surf" kayak on a wave as opposed to a "sea kayak combined with Marks mention of staying straight on a wave (a concept w/w paddlers on a wave face might find somewhat foreign) got the penny to drop. This weekend I expect to spend a little time hunting down wakeboard boats and trying this out. Oops... looks like Ricky is home and Lucy is in trouble... can't talk any more.... Thanks for the thread, everyone. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayhaking.net *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Aug 28 2009 - 07:11:51 PDT
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