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Correction on Weathercocking
By:John Messinger
Date: 5/28/2012, 9:18 pm
In Response To: Other: Weathercocking (John Messinger)

: [QUOTE=Paradox;375843]Ishmael and I headed out from Point au Roche
: in an ESE breeze with lots of powerboat chop. With no skeg, my
: greenland style kayak had a powerful weathercock and as a
: consequence I was taking two strokes on the right for every one
: on the left. We made it to Pelots Point in about an hour and
: found a gravely beach with rounded flat stones to beach the
: boats. We found a Tiki bar and had a breather. In the 45 minutes
: we spent at Pelot Point, the wind increased in strength from 10-
: to 15+ knots from the NW and the waves increased to greater than
: a foot. We ducked inside the cut and in the lee of "Point
: of Tongue" things were much more managable. We paddled up
: the Alburg Passage for about a mile and half, turned around and
: headed back for a closer cut in the wall. The breeze still up
: was exausting as I was now taking 4-6 six strokes on the right
: to everyone on the left. We ducked into a tiny cove on Cloak
: Island that was very interesting. Took lots of photos from a
: small bluff. The leg from Cloak Island to Point au Roche was
: similarly difficult.

: Yesterday, on the smaller wave free lakes this boat was much better
: behaved. Gotta finish the skeg for this boat.

: GPS track and photos at http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=2884135

Messages In This Thread

Other: Weathercocking
John Messinger -- 5/28/2012, 9:15 pm
Correction on Weathercocking
John Messinger -- 5/28/2012, 9:18 pm
Re: Correction on Weathercocking *PIC*
Dave Houser -- 5/29/2012, 3:14 pm
Re: Correction on Weathercocking
John Messinger -- 5/29/2012, 3:28 pm
Re: Correction on Weathercocking
John Abercrombie -- 5/29/2012, 3:35 pm
Re: Correction on Weathercocking
Sean Dawe -- 5/31/2012, 10:39 am
Re: Correction on Weathercocking
Etienne Muller -- 5/31/2012, 2:47 pm
Re: Other: Weathercocking
ancient kayaker -- 5/30/2012, 7:40 am