: I think you miss the fact that not all kayaks are designed to do
: the same thing. Aleut kayaks are large high volume boats that
: were designed to carry a lot of weight. They were known to carry
: a load of ballast and drop it as they filled their boats with
: meat or other items. Baidarka are well known to be more
: difficult to paddle without a load and ballast was used to
: provide additional stability.

: This is not the same with Greenland kayaks. Greenland paddlers
: carried floats for additional stability as needed. They tend to
: tow their catch home. If you put ballast into a properly fitted
: Greenland style boat, you will likely have to much free board
: for comfort. Honestly, I have found my Greenland style boat to
: be very stable and predictable after I got used to it.

: The bottom line is that it depends on the boat design. One size
: doesn't fit all.

: Eric M.

Um...backwards, if you put ballast into a properly fitted Greenland boat you'll have too "little" freeboard, not too much.

Bill H.