On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Paul Hayward <pdh_at_mmcl.co.nz> wrote: > > Long ramble Craig, but consider whether you can get that boat to go any > faster without an outboard. > Very appropriate thoughts, Paul. If you can paddle a kayak at hull speed with a 2x4 there's not much use buying a wing paddle. Unless you want light weight, of course. I'll be using my kevlar Mariner II kayak which is 17'11" long and 21.5" in beam. I'll probably have to put some weight in the bow to compensate for the fact that I don't have a sliding seat in that boat but that's ok. I like the Mariner sliding seat because I can push the seat fully back to the rear cockpit rim to enter (my legs don't bend as well as they used to) and then move it forward for correct balance. Without a sliding seat I have to keep the backband at the back of the cockpit and then moving forward is an issue. So weight is a solution. Speaking of sliding seats, I don't suppose anyone out there has a Mariner sliding seat they no longer need, huh? I'd be in the market unless it's an Escape seat (which is the wrong shape). Matt Broze doesn't have any (I've checked) and the only other solution is to lay one up. At any rate I think I have enough room in the speed curve of that boat to make an appropriate test. But thanks for the thought. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.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 Thu Feb 18 2010 - 23:41:14 PST
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