Good points, Rob.
I remember thinking while paddling that tippy kayak on the Caribbean Sea with Malcolm: I need ballast. The kayak was a fairly light rental and I should have dumped sand (only available ballast, not ideal but would have worked) into the hatches to make it more stable. Didn't do that so tipped twice. Not that I don't mind swimming in the warm Caribbean waters but I really did not wanna swim. Also, running the white water during my cross-Canada kayaking journey was easy because of all the equipment weight under the hatches. Had I done that white water with empty holds then running the white water would have been far more challenging.
Robert N Pruden
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/30/2012, 11:08 am- Re: Launching: Stability - The Secret Ingredient
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/30/2012, 2:08 pm- Re: Launching: Stability - The Secret Ingredient
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David Bynoe -- 1/30/2012, 4:02 pm- Ballast works
Jay Babina -- 1/31/2012, 12:37 pm
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