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Michael Daly
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On 10-Nov-2004,
(Gene Cosloy) wrote:
I want a boat, the
stability of which allows me to place it on balance edge with J-leans
alone. some of the boats are so stiff they may require upper body
leans and strong bracing which is not for me. I want to lift my knee
and get the boat over as far as I want. I can't do that with a lot of
so called strongly stabile boats
While not guaranteed, in general hard chine kayaks tend to have the
characteristics you want. Round chines tend to have the secondary
kick in early and are harder to edge. Hard chines tend to roll quickly
and then hit a solid secondary.
Mike
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