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Re: rudders and rolling
By:Bris Paul
Date: 9/20/2008, 4:40 am
In Response To: rudders and rolling (Chris Sperry)

: My Merganser 17 is a rudderless design, and rolls up easily. I once paddled a
: Prijon Kodiak with a rudder. With the rudder deployed, I found the Kodiak
: to be difficult to roll up. It seems to me that the rudder's resistance to
: righting the boat could be a consideration. Any comments?

I have rudders on both my Shearwater 19 ft Baidarka and my Point Bennett 18.

To me there seems to be absolutley no difference to rolling with the rudders either up or down.

Cheers Paul

Messages In This Thread

S&G: rudder or not
John Faas -- 9/18/2008, 3:55 am
Re: S&G: rudder or not
Dave Houser -- 9/19/2008, 3:21 pm
Re: S&G: rudder or not
Jim Bell -- 9/23/2008, 6:13 am
Re: S&G: rudder or not
Bill Hamm -- 9/18/2008, 3:20 pm
plan ahead
Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/18/2008, 1:31 pm
rudders and rolling
Chris Sperry -- 9/18/2008, 10:40 pm
Re: rudders and rolling
Bris Paul -- 9/20/2008, 4:40 am
Re: rudders and rolling
Kris Buttermore -- 9/20/2008, 2:34 am
Re: rudders and rolling
Toni V -- 9/19/2008, 3:18 am
Re: rudders and rolling
Dave Houser -- 9/19/2008, 3:33 pm
Re: rudders and rolling
Chris Sperry -- 9/19/2008, 8:13 pm
Re: rudders and rolling
Dave Houser -- 9/19/2008, 8:25 pm
Re: rudders and rolling
Chris Sperry -- 9/19/2008, 10:03 pm
Re: S&G: rudder or not
Toni V -- 9/18/2008, 6:37 am