Subject: Re: baidarka stability
From: Samson Family (bill.samson@tesco.net)
Date: Tue Dec 19 2000 - 11:13:31 EST
Derek Hutchinson's book suggests strapping 20 or 30 pounds of ballast to the
floor behind the cockpit to steady things up. I've done this (using a BDH
cannister filled with sand or gravel) with my baidarka, and it feels fine.
When I go paddling with a load of picnic gear, I leave out the ballast and
it feels just the same. With no load, the boat floats a wee bit higher and
the light hull feels more "skittish" and worrying.
Bill (- fellow novice!)
-----Original Message-----
From: Fraser Howell <fraser.howell@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
Date: Monday, December 18, 2000 1:36 PM
Subject: baidarka stability
>Late this summer I launched a greenland type kayak built to the Sea
>Kayaker plans of Chris Cunningham. Beam 20 in, LOA 17.5 ft. I am a
>novice kayaker. This thing tried to drown me every time I took it out.
>My question is should I persevere with it, or get a beamier boat to
>learn on?
>Fraser Howell
>Halifax
>
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