I never really considered this, but you're right. I remember that the perturbing moments seemed to be redirected, not simply resisted. Good call! Selecting the proper axis would be important. I'm going to have to try this out someday!

> If you did this, waves that tended to change the pitch of your
> kayak would result in a rolling tendency, and waves that tended to
> roll your kayak would result in the kayak either rearing or nosing
> in (all depending on the direction of spin and roll/pitch of course).
> Could make for interesting paddling! YEEHAW!
> Mike Spence