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Re: S&G: weathercocking

By:Etienne Muller
Date: 9/21/2013, 6:47 pm

In Response To: S&G: weathercocking (Mike )

If your wife is very light she may not be engaging the entire keel.

I suspect though that you need to move the seat back a little, if you have room to do this.

My wife @ 140 lbs is using a shearwater 17 and it is behaving beautifully for her.

S&G: weathercocking
Mike -- 9/21/2013, 2:30 pm

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ancient kayaker -- 9/21/2013, 3:32 pm

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ancient kayaker -- 9/21/2013, 3:52 pm

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Justin -- 9/21/2013, 4:40 pm

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Etienne Muller -- 9/21/2013, 6:47 pm

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Mike -- 9/22/2013, 1:33 pm

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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/22/2013, 2:18 pm

Exactly!
Jeff Horton -- 9/23/2013, 9:49 am

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Allan -- 9/22/2013, 4:27 pm

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ancient kayaker -- 9/22/2013, 5:43 pm

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Bill Hamm -- 9/23/2013, 12:43 am

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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/22/2013, 2:07 pm

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Bill Hamm -- 9/23/2013, 12:47 am

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Etienne Muller -- 9/23/2013, 4:13 am

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Etienne Muller -- 9/23/2013, 4:47 am

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risto -- 9/23/2013, 5:31 am

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Mike -- 9/23/2013, 8:14 am

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Ken Blanton -- 9/23/2013, 6:19 pm

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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/23/2013, 6:40 pm

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John Messinger -- 9/23/2013, 12:21 pm

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