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Re: Guillemot handling characteristics
By:Stan Heeres
Date: 2/10/1999, 9:51 pm
In Response To: Guillemot handling characteristics (Pete Rudie)

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> My G has been seaworthy for 2 weeks now, and I've had it out in high wind,
> variable wind and no wind at all. It weathercocks in any puff of breeze.
> It also has some interesting turning habits. It seems to rotate around a
> point about 4 feet behind the bow, and about 20 feet abeam the boat. Once
> the turn begins, it feels like the bow tracks but the stern
> "skids". It feels like a car oversteering, with the radius of
> the turn decreasing and the back end all hung out. It doesn't seem to
> matter much whether it's a flat turn or a carved one. Is this common? It
> seems like this could be a real problem in following seas or when surfing.
> It's hard to carry any speed when every second or third stoke has to be a
> sweep. Intuition says it needs a skeg, but I'd like to hear from other G
> paddlers before chopping holes in the hull. TIA, Pete.

Messages In This Thread

Guillemot handling characteristics
Pete Rudie -- 2/10/1999, 2:51 pm
Re: Guillemot handling characteristics
Gary Toffelmire -- 2/11/1999, 10:11 pm
Re: Guillemot handling characteristics
Nick Schade -- 2/11/1999, 9:49 am
Re: Guillemot handling characteristics
Pete Rudie -- 2/20/1999, 7:06 pm
Re: Guillemot handling characteristics
George Burns -- 2/11/1999, 3:24 am
Re: Guillemot handling characteristics
Robert Woodard -- 2/15/1999, 6:07 pm
Re: Guillemot handling characteristics
Nick Schade -- 2/17/1999, 10:03 am
Re: Guillemot handling characteristics
Robert Woodard -- 2/17/1999, 8:15 pm
wave size
Nick Schade -- 2/18/1999, 11:53 am
Re: Guillemot handling characteristics
George Burns -- 2/16/1999, 2:11 pm
Re: Guillemot handling characteristics
Mike Allen -- 2/15/1999, 4:00 pm
Weird ideas? why not !
Paul Jacobson -- 2/15/1999, 8:18 pm
Re: Weird ideas? why not !
Mike Allen -- 2/16/1999, 8:19 pm
Paul not Chris!
Mike Allen -- 2/16/1999, 9:34 pm
Re: Guillemot handling characteristics
Stan Heeres -- 2/10/1999, 9:51 pm
Re: Guillemot handling characteristics
Pete Rudie -- 2/20/1999, 7:08 pm
Re: Guillemot handling characteristics
Mike Allen -- 2/10/1999, 8:18 pm
Re: Guillemot handling characteristics
Jerry Weinraub -- 2/10/1999, 7:46 pm
Re: Guillemot handling characteristics
Robert Woodard -- 2/10/1999, 6:35 pm