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Re: outrigger?
By:John Bell
Date: 9/27/2015, 5:54 pm
In Response To: outrigger? (Jay babina)

How about a small outrigger?
Before you "cut your losses", maybe try one.
Who knows? You might be able to get some nice stability with very little speed loss.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking; maybe I'm not using the right terms. I had been thinking an outrigger (long pole sticking out from each side) with a pontoon--or is it "sponson"? I thought that's the term for floats attached directly to the side of the boat--on each end. Nick was saying that won't really provide a lot more buoyancy because the boat is so low-volume. I think he was saying that it would keep me from capsizing as a result of leaning too far over, but not as a result of large waves that crash onto the deck. (I may have misunderstood that, though.)

Though I suppose I could have someone make me a custom, super-thick, impenetrable spray skirt. Outrigger w/pontoons, heavy spray skirt, maybe fill with spray foam the part of the (already small) cockpit that I don't use for my legs/feet--then I'd be unsinkable, right? (Where have I heard that word before...)

Or I could just tow a rescue skiff behind me. I'm in it for the exercise, right? :-)

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John Bell -- 9/26/2015, 2:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/27/2015, 12:52 am
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Tasos -- 9/27/2015, 2:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/27/2015, 4:01 am
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 9:55 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/27/2015, 5:13 pm
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 9:47 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/27/2015, 5:25 pm
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 5:33 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 9/29/2015, 10:17 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/29/2015, 11:53 am
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 6:45 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 9/30/2015, 9:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2015, 1:39 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/30/2015, 2:32 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 10/1/2015, 10:29 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2015, 1:47 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/30/2015, 5:34 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2015, 10:38 pm
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 6:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/29/2015, 7:06 pm
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 7:54 pm
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frankp -- 9/28/2015, 2:45 pm
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John Bell -- 9/28/2015, 6:49 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 9/27/2015, 7:09 am
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 9:50 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/29/2015, 2:23 pm
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 5:32 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 9/29/2015, 6:09 pm
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 6:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/29/2015, 6:11 pm
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 6:41 pm
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scottbaxter -- 9/29/2015, 7:16 pm
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 7:59 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 9/27/2015, 1:09 pm
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 5:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/27/2015, 5:42 pm
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 5:50 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/28/2015, 9:11 am
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John Bell -- 9/28/2015, 6:55 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/29/2015, 2:22 am
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scottbaxter -- 9/29/2015, 5:03 pm
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 5:55 pm
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John Bell -- 9/29/2015, 5:33 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/29/2015, 6:16 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/28/2015, 9:47 am
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John Bell -- 9/28/2015, 6:59 pm
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Jay babina -- 9/27/2015, 5:51 pm
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Jay babina -- 9/27/2015, 5:48 pm
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 5:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/27/2015, 8:26 pm
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 9:28 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/27/2015, 9:35 pm
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John Bell -- 9/27/2015, 9:52 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/28/2015, 8:19 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/27/2015, 10:25 pm
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Jay Babina -- 9/28/2015, 7:33 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/28/2015, 8:49 am
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jameskretz -- 9/28/2015, 12:40 pm
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John Bell -- 9/28/2015, 7:04 pm