Subject: Re: [baidarka] Skinboats Rule!
From: Douglas and Leticia (huftdecruz@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Oct 17 2001 - 01:10:48 EDT
Well I use a part of my 19" wide Shields skin boat to help it keep going the
right direction in challenging conditions called a rudder. I really hate
rudders , relying on a rudder instead of paddling skills, extra complexity,
extra drag, it looks kinda untraditional on my neotraditional skin boat.
None the less I have paddled the boat with and without a rudder and it just
seems to work a whole lot better with if your going fast. You can power
along without wasting any energy on corrective strokes and when "linking
waves" while surfing chop or following seas I find it very useful. With that
said my next boat definitely wont have a rudder- of course it wont be a racy
boat either.
-- Douglas Huft Pacifica CA Shields, Dyson double and play baidarka in the works
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