Kayak and Canoe Design Bulletin Board

Re: How long is too long?

Posted By: Berkeley C.
Date: Thursday, 9 September 1999, at 3:35 p.m.

In Response To: How long is too long? (Tom Jarecki)

I'm not the expert that some of these guys are, but I quite like my Patuxent. As a mid-pack recreational racer, I have found that the Patuxent is as fast on me as some quick surf-ski's like the Valhala Viking International (Which I also quite enjoy). I'd ask Chris over at CLC what he thinks about narrowing the Patuxent. Lengthening doesn't make much sense to me.

At 180 lbs. the Patuxent would probably be a little high volume for you. A 230 lb. friend paddles mine and the boat trims out nicely. It's stable enough for 2 plus foot wind chop, so narrowing it should be fine for flat water.

In summary, to me a narrowed 19 to 20 inch Patuxent 19.5 sounds like a fine idea for a guy with your size, experience and ambition.

> I'm looking at building a racing kayak for mainly flat water races
> (Canadian) to buy one for myself. The CLC Patuxent 19.5 looks like the
> simplest way to get a fast kayak but I was wondering about stretching it
> by about 1.5 feet to increase the waterline to about 20.5 feet, and also
> narrowing it to 19" (from 21). So far so good, no problems that I can
> see with this design-wise or structurally.

>

Messages In This Thread

How long is too long?
Tom Jarecki -- Thursday, 2 September 1999, at 4:16 p.m.

Re: How long is too long?
Mike Scarborough -- Friday, 3 September 1999, at 12:22 a.m.

Re: How long is too long?
Nick Schade -- Friday, 3 September 1999, at 2:07 p.m.

Re: How long is too long?
lee -- Friday, 3 September 1999, at 3:16 p.m.

go ahead and build a race boat
Brian T. Cunningham -- Friday, 3 September 1999, at 6:28 p.m.

Re: go ahead and build a race boat
Tom Jarecki -- Monday, 6 September 1999, at 9:04 p.m.

K1 Plans
Mike Scarborough -- Monday, 6 September 1999, at 9:54 p.m.

Re: How long is too long?
Hans Friedel -- Sunday, 5 September 1999, at 4:23 p.m.

Re: How long is too long?
Berkeley C. -- Thursday, 9 September 1999, at 3:35 p.m.

Re: How long is too long?
Steve McDonald -- Saturday, 9 October 1999, at 1:41 a.m.

Re: How long is too long?
Hans Friedel -- Sunday, 10 October 1999, at 5:36 p.m.

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