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Re: Strip: terrible tracking
By:Allan
Date: 7/30/2011, 6:53 pm
In Response To: Strip: terrible tracking (Nick Riccardi)

Your comments about the position of the bits of blue tape certainly suggest that your weight is too far forward. Bill's suggestion is definitely a simple, effective way to change the trim of the kayak before you do anything drastic.

It is common practice to fit the seat in a kayak so that it can be moved fore and aft. That makes it possible to adjust for different size paddlers and different preferences.

How much do you weigh? Sometimes a paddler who is outside the range for which the kayak was designed can find it doesn't behave quite as it should.

It should be possible to fix your problem. I found my Night Heron had good tracking in spite of the fact that at 63 kg, I am significantly lighter than the ideal weight for a NH.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: terrible tracking
Nick Riccardi -- 7/30/2011, 2:38 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Bill VerSteeg -- 7/30/2011, 3:19 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Nick Riccardi -- 7/30/2011, 3:26 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Allan -- 7/30/2011, 6:53 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Mike Bielski -- 7/30/2011, 7:28 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Nick Riccardi -- 7/31/2011, 8:42 am
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Kirk Briggs -- 7/31/2011, 9:49 am
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Nick Riccardi -- 7/31/2011, 10:14 am
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Nick Riccardi -- 7/31/2011, 11:19 am
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Mike Bielski -- 7/31/2011, 11:42 am
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 7/31/2011, 3:25 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking *PIC*
John Caldeira -- 7/31/2011, 6:06 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Jeff Horton -- 7/31/2011, 8:37 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
John Caldeira -- 7/31/2011, 9:50 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Allan -- 7/31/2011, 11:03 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Nick Riccardi -- 8/1/2011, 7:38 am
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
Bob Johns -- 8/1/2011, 3:29 pm
Re: Strip: terrible tracking
ancient kayaker -- 8/3/2011, 11:29 pm