Subject: Re: [baidarka] Double Baidarka Cockpit Question
From: William Nettles (netttles@adelphia.net)
Date: Mon Jul 18 2005 - 00:25:20 EDT
I guess the old nickname for doubles "Divorce Boat" refers primarily to
Doubles with the cockpits too close together.
Remembering how my wife and son turned 'paddling' a double SOT into a
disaster last year (their paddles were never approached anything that
could be considered coordinated movement-think Jerry Lewis & Jim Carey)
John's posting gave me the malicious thought of whipping together a
practical joke double-with cockpits as close as possible and then
handing them two custom made 12' paddles. . . .
On Jul 17, 2005, at 10:34 AM, John Petersen wrote:
> I had an opportunity a few months back to paddle a very nicely done
> SOF
> double...BUT, the cockpits were placed a little too close to each other
> which forced our paddles to clash every so often. Not a good thing.
> From
> most vintage photographs I've seen of 2 hole Baidarkas the cockpit
> spacing
> is generous enough to allow for their long Aleut paddles to clear each
> other
> when the bow paddler's paddle is in the finishing phase of his stroke
> and
> the stern paddler is in the beginning phase of his stroke. Even though
> typically the stern paddler needs to match the bow paddler's stroke
> cadence,
> there are maneuvers when the paddlers don't do this.
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