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Guillemot leaned turns
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 10/4/1999, 3:26 pm

Howdy all,

I forgot to check (or forgot to remember) when I paddled Pete Rudie's Guillemot this summer how the Guillemots perform leaned turns.

When you're paddling along and want to turn sharply, you lean the boat up on edge opposite the direction of your intended turn. Do they:

a) Continue on in the original direction, but become easier to deflect to the new course with a sweep stroke?

or

b) Turn with the lean only, without need for the sweep stroke?

Shawn