: Can anyone quantify the amount of rocker with various sea kayak behavior
: characteristics or words like "moderate" or "plenty"?
: Clearly, "less" rocker is faster at the expense of
: manuverabilty, "more" rocker adds to manuverability at the
: expense of speed. I suspect tracking is also effected by rocker as is the
: ability to steer by edging. But what is all this in inches of rocker over
: length? Is 2" of rocker on a 16' LWL design "moderate",
: "lots", or what.

Moderate. Over 3" is getting closer to whitewater boat handling characteristics, under 1" is a racing boat!!

: If I wanted a 17' LOA, hard-chined, Greenland style kayak to turn 90 degrees
: with one or two sweeping strokes, track perfectly without a rudder, be
: fast as greased lightning, you know: everything, what kind of rocker would
: I be looking for?

That's easy: variable!!

Keep in mind, though, that rocker is just one of the many variables that affects your boat's handling.

Shawn