Subject: RE: baidarka Ballast
From: Connolly, Paul (AZ15) (paul.connolly@honeywell.com)
Date: Wed Jul 26 2000 - 21:09:40 EDT
Phil,
I was assuming that the Aleutians didn't weigh very much (except for their
Popeye style forearms) - so they would need more ballast than we do.
PC
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Ellis [SMTP:pcoellis@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 5:43 PM
> To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
> Subject: Re: baidarka Ballast
>
> Bill,
>
> I've used ballast in weights of up to 60 lbs(lead shot sewn into skinny
> nylon bags and dragged into the space under the floorboards). That much
> ballast made the boat so stable (and so sluggish) that I question the 55
> lb.
> figure, which may well have been a guess by a passing anthropologist. With
>
> 30-40 lbs., initial stability was quite comfortable and allowed for moving
>
> around to rearrange gear, fishing, waving to other kayakers, etc, without
> making the boat too much of a dog. 10 lbs. doesn't do enough to be worth
> bothering with.
>
> Since developing a reliable roll, I've stopped using ballast altogether,
> and
> find that my perception of the boat's initial stability depends mostly on
> how much confidence I have in my roll and how recently I've actually done
> one. For all it's tenderness on an even keel, the baidarka actually has
> surprising (surprising to me, anyway)secondary stability, and edges
> reliably
> right up to and over the gunwales. I've never capsized it unintentionally.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phil
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Samson family" <Bill.Samson@tesco.net>
> >Reply-To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
> >To: <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
> >Subject: baidarka Ballast
> >Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:05:16 +0100
> >
> >Just got my copy of David Zimmerly's QAYAQ. A wonderful resource!
> >
> >I was intrigued to read that ballast (about 55 pounds) was used in
> >baidarkas. This is probably old hat to many of you, but as a relative
> >newbie, this came to me as a revelation.
> >
> >Do any of the paddlers on the list use ballast in their baidarkas? Does
> it
> >have a great influence on stability?
> >
> >Does anyone recommend its use?
> >
> >Bill
> >-- bill.samson@tesco.net
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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