Subject: Re: [baidarka] finished!
From: Andrew Lukban (a_lukban@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Oct 02 2001 - 22:11:39 EDT
Spend the time paddling it first. You may get used to it within a week,
maybe a month... but you WILL get used to it. It was ridiculous when I
first tried to paddle surfskis. It was next to absolutely impossible but
the guy teaching me was extremely encouraging. He told me that he fell in
something like every 4 minutes for about 1 whole month of DAILY paddling.
Mind you climbing back on board a surfski is a lot easier - this guy
could get back in with one single fluid "push-up-from-behind-the-back"
motion - maybe 3 seconds. If this perversely stubborn fool could do it...
I had to keep at learning how to stay on. At the very least, your bracing
skills will become legendary...
Andrew :)
----Original Message Follows---- From: Kcorkey@aol.com Reply-To:
baidarka@paddlewise.net To: Subject: [baidarka] finished! Date: Tue, 02
Oct 2001 15:34:34 EDT okay so I finally finished my 18'4" by 18" Aluet
baidarka. It looks beautiful! It pained me greatly to cover up such a
gorgeous frame! But now it's done and last night I put it in the water
for the first time. Proof that you can't float on looks alone. I can' t
even sit in it because it's so unstable! Both primary and secondary are
non existant. I paddle high performance boats a lot, I'm not being a
wimp, it's impossible. I only weigh around 120 so I put someone in it who
weighs 220. It was better, but still not possible to paddle so ballast
won't work. Where did I go wrong? The only thing I can come up with is
that I had been thinking that it was going to be a really tight fit
(depth wise) and it appears that I have more room than I should. The
keelson on this boat is really deep, almost 2 inches, but that's what
Zimmerly's plans show. I chose this particular boat partly for it's
length and partly for it's softer chines. I've never liked hard chined
boats much and never wi! shed for more stability. Now I'm looking for
suggestions on how to fix it. Although, Guy Foxxe night is comming up and
it would look nice in flames out on the river.......... I'm thinking
about shortening the ribs and/or reducing the keel, in effect reducing
the depth of the hull and the depth to width ratio. I don't know a thing
about hull design though. Meanwhile I think I'll take the skin off and
hang that beautiful frame from my cathedral ceiling untill I figure out
what to do with it. At least it looks impressive ;-) any words of wisdom
would be greatly appreciated. A crying towel might be nice too! Kirsten -
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