Re: [baidarka] finished!

Subject: Re: [baidarka] finished!
From: David Christianson (davchris@skypoint.com)
Date: Fri Oct 05 2001 - 06:36:27 EDT

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At 09:37 PM 10/4/2001 -0700, you wrote:

>I think almost everyone goes through this on their first native style kayak,
>especially if the only thing you paddled before is factory kayaks.
It seems that the consensus is that the baidarka is inherently unstable. I
can understand why. But why would they choose to do that? Does poor
stability relate directly to easier speed or better handling in waves or
whatever?

Dave Christianson

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