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Other: Surfing question
By:Kudzu
Date: 4/21/2009, 5:36 pm

I must qualify this by saying I live inland and surfing here is 2' waves so not what most would consider 'surfing' but fun none the less.

Today I wanted to try Curlew in some big water and see how she performed. Very well pleased, but I after a while I had to return and riding some of those waves back I found the boat wanted to turn on the face of the waves and broach on me. have very little experince at this so I have no skills to speak of. But is this normal for most boats? Obviously some boats surf better than others and that's not a requirement here, but I was disappointed in that aspect of the boat. Especially when it finally dumped me. Of course it could be all my fault too.

Surfing is not a requirement here but I would like to know how to improve the design so that it would behave better.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Surfing question
Kudzu -- 4/21/2009, 5:36 pm
Re: Other: Surfing question
james w. -- 4/21/2009, 5:57 pm
Surfing question
Jay Babina -- 4/23/2009, 7:48 am
Re: Surfing question
Kudzu -- 4/23/2009, 8:07 am
Re: Surfing question
Etienne Muller------WebKitFormBoundarydsKin+fPuE2H -- 4/23/2009, 2:40 pm
Re: Surfing question
Bill Hamm -- 4/26/2009, 1:41 am
Re: Surfing question
Craig Robinson -- 4/28/2009, 1:49 am
Re: Surfing question
Etienne Muller -- 4/28/2009, 11:59 am
Re: Surfing question
Craig Robinson -- 4/30/2009, 2:00 am
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Craig Robinson -- 4/30/2009, 2:01 am
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tony olsen -- 5/4/2009, 8:50 am
Re: Surfing question
Bill Hamm -- 4/26/2009, 1:39 am