tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19951443.post114399475180246680..comments2023-10-10T16:53:48.915+02:00Comments on Kajaksport op groot water: A Sunday morning paddleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19951443.post-1144271132218779552006-04-05T23:05:00.000+02:002006-04-05T23:05:00.000+02:001. Hi derrick!Wisconsin must be a great place too!...1. Hi derrick!<BR/>Wisconsin must be a great place too!<BR/>2. Hi René!<BR/>The Pintail was good to handle without using the skeg. Weathercocking was limited under these conditions and easy to correct. But the distances were to short to point our how fatiguing it will be on a long open crossing.<BR/>3. Hi Suus!<BR/>Keep on biking!Hans Heupinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303713251268545759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19951443.post-1144171687426430832006-04-04T19:28:00.000+02:002006-04-04T19:28:00.000+02:00The way you describe it, kayaking is like biking! ...The way you describe it, kayaking is like biking! I love to be the one that asks the simple questions that make you think. <BR/><BR/>And hé.....that's what sisters are for...<BR/><BR/>SJSusanne https://www.blogger.com/profile/11322624305894355598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19951443.post-1144147222622019132006-04-04T12:40:00.000+02:002006-04-04T12:40:00.000+02:00Hello Hans,I can imagine you paddled your new Pint...Hello Hans,<BR/><BR/>I can imagine you paddled your new Pintail in the rough conditions of a windy day. After all you will have to get used to a new kayak en its characteristics. This is a wise approach.<BR/><BR/>You write that "it tracks surprisingly well under these conditions" and under diferent courses compared to the wind.<BR/><BR/>I am just wondering if you used the variable skeg in doing this? Did you also try to paddle in different directions without using the skeg?<BR/><BR/>I ask this because in the early days of seakayaking, in the time the variable skeg was not yet invented, the Pintail was known ,as I recall it (just like its brother the AnasAcuta, that I still own), that it would turn quite a lot into the wind (weathercocking being the official description for this).<BR/><BR/>I think it is interesting to know if the Pintail can be managed during a long time while correcting the weathercocking Without using the variable skeg and without becoming too exhausted. (Just in case the skeg is letting you down some time sooner or later).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19951443.post-1144145530625007722006-04-04T12:12:00.000+02:002006-04-04T12:12:00.000+02:00you could have taken that top picture right here. ...you could have taken that top picture right here. Our worlds look a bit a like sometimes.derrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14043848354762540899noreply@blogger.com