From: lmeijer-dress@tansi.sifc.edu
Message-Id: <9711138794.AA879472095@tansi.sifc.edu>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 97 17:46:18 -0600
To: <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
Subject: Re[2]: moosehide boat/new kits
Thanks to all for all those boat insights!
I think given my own pretty darn good fitness state, and medium-level
kayak experience, and average weight (5 10, 135 lbs), I could go for a
narrower boat. Then I could learn to roll better. I just want to
take it on some overnights and have it handle somewhat lively-like in
rougher waters (northern Saskatchewan huge lakes with 3-4 max wave
height). So maybe the cargo barge sized 24 inch beam will not be my
ideal boat to start with .....but you are right - we all need an
excuse for a second or more boat!! The only boat I have right now is
a plastic bathtub "river-runner."
I'll let you know when I cut the first piece of wood!
Merci!
Laurie
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Subject: Re: moosehide boat/new kits
Author: <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net> at INTERNET
Date: 11/13/97 2:23 PM
>On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Stefano Moretti wrote:
>
>> My opinion now is that 22" is really a minimum, that it may be not
>> enough for extensie travelling in a chop, that when tired you'd like
to
>> be less stressed by an overly reactive boat, that flared sides are a
>> must, that much of the tippiness comes from the deadrise (max 5=B0 in
m=
>y
>> opinion, and in others, 10=B0 is maximum for very rough seas).
>
>And on the other end of the spectrum, my current favorite hull, a
carbon
>fiber surf ski, is 19'6" long and 17.25" wide. My widest boat, a
>fiberglass VCP PinTail, is 22" wide and I consider that boat
"boringly"
>stable. I regularly loan the PinTail to beginner acquaintances and
they
>find it extremely comfortable. Even first time kayakers in mild chop.
>
>So Stefano conciders 22" a minimum, I consider it a max....
>
>kirk
>
Lets give a little thought to differences in paddlers and conditions. A
carbon fiber surf ski is probably not the boat to take on a week long
camping trip with open water crossings in cold weather. On the other
hand an 18 ft. by 25 in wide high volume boat is not the ideal toy to
play in the surf with. Similarly, a 5ft.-6in 135lb beginner might find
the Pintail stable, wheras a 6ft 225lb beginner might not. If there was
one ideal boat we'ed all be paddling it. We're not. What is important is
to size up the purpose that you want a boat for, the contitions that you
expect to paddle in and your own skill level. Then try to find that boat
parameters that give the best compromise. ( It is always a compromise;
no one boat does everything well.) The good think about this is that the
more varied your paddling needs the more boats you will need. And we all
need a good reason to build another boat.
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