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all kayaks wethercock
By:Jay Babina
Date: 3/26/2001, 10:59 am
In Response To: weathercocking (Bruce)

Forget the bow or adding weight. Actually forget the rudder as well. the boat 's too beautiful to strap on an ugly appendage. to stiffen up the tracking, here's what I would do. Make a tiny keel. a piece of hard wood about three feet long. 3/8 wide and it tapers from nonthing to about a half inch. Electric glue it to the back of the kayak. Try that and see how it works. keep cutting it down till it feels right. When you get a stiffining of the tracking you like, make a permanent one with a nice taper and rounded edges etc. and epoxy it in place.

I know the Panache well and it's a fairly good tracker but you can make it stronger how I said without destroying the appearance with a rudder. Rudders are for plastic junk boats built with too much rocker for people with no paddling skills. that's not you.

Or... install a skeg box etc. I think a keel strip will work fine. I installed one on my skin boat that set the record for weathercocking and I fixed it with a keel.

Messages In This Thread

weathercocking
Bruce -- 3/25/2001, 6:27 pm
Is the seat where it should be - are you sure? *NM*
risto -- 3/27/2001, 11:02 am
Re: one more opinion
Dave Houser -- 3/26/2001, 3:56 pm
Re: one more opinion
Eric Schade (shearwater boats) -- 3/26/2001, 7:32 pm
all kayaks wethercock
Jay Babina -- 3/26/2001, 10:59 am
Re: all kayaks wethercock
Jay Babina -- 3/27/2001, 9:39 am
Re: purist
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/28/2001, 9:10 am
Re: purist
Julie Kanarr -- 3/28/2001, 11:01 am
Re:fundamentalist kayaking?
Lee Gardner -- 3/28/2001, 12:22 pm
Re: all kayaks wethercock
Roy Morford -- 3/27/2001, 10:25 am
The rudder, the greatest step in kayak evolution
Hans Friedel -- 3/28/2001, 5:32 am
Re: The rudder, the greatest step in kayak evoluti
Roy Morford -- 3/28/2001, 10:09 am
Re: all kayaks wethercock
Eric Schade (shearwater boats) -- 3/26/2001, 7:24 pm
Re: Rudders are OK
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 3/26/2001, 1:29 pm
Ditto on my Guillemot
Pete Rudie -- 3/26/2001, 11:33 am
BTW...
Pete Rudie -- 3/26/2001, 11:40 am
Re: weathercocking
Lee Gardner -- 3/26/2001, 9:56 am
Re: weathercocking
Rob Macks -- 3/26/2001, 9:49 am
Re: weathercocking
Julie Kanarr -- 3/26/2001, 11:45 am
Re: weathercocking
Rob Macks -- 3/26/2001, 12:15 pm
Re: weathercocking
Julie Kanarr -- 3/26/2001, 12:40 pm
Re: weathercocking
peter czerpak -- 3/26/2001, 8:04 am
Re: weathercocking
David Dick -- 3/26/2001, 6:50 am
Re: weathercocking
Jim -- 3/25/2001, 7:46 pm
Re: weathercocking
Julie Kanarr -- 3/25/2001, 7:25 pm