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Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Posted By: Wayne oulsen In Response To: Q700 - Handling/skill level question *Pic* (Jim Kozel)
Date: Saturday, 6 September 2003, at 5:47 a.m.
Hi Jim
Try this before you sell the boat,I haven't but intend to, it's from the Sisson Kayaks site in NZ.Q Over the past four years I have clocked up mega-miles trying to get my skills up. The improvement has been slow. Is there a proven way to quickly improve my narrow boat skills?
A Yes there is a proven fast and easy way. The following advise is aimed at 'programming your brain! It is based on the way you
learned to ride a bike as a child. Borrow a Jaguar K1 (any very narrow kayak). Travel to a tidal mudflat where the kayak only just floats
(push off bottom) and you can touch the bottom with both hands. Leave your paddle locked in your car. Launch the narrow kayak and
paddle it with your hands for 3 / 4 hours. Scull with both hands to initially keep your balance. Go backwards - forwards and sideways.
After 2 hours you will be able to fold your arms. You will be relaxed. Your brain will be finely tuned for great balance. This works. At the
end of the session get a friend to hand you a paddle. Great news! You will paddle off looking just like an Olympic Sprinter! Your balancing
skills will be right up there with the best. When you get back in your normal kayak it will feel (stability wise) just like a tub.
Wayne,Fremantle West Australia
: I'm having a hard time getting comfortable in the QCC Q700 I purchased last
: December. At times, I still feel like I'm balancing on a log. I removed
: the stock seat and installed a minicell seat with minicell hip braces,and
: there's excellent knee-bracing, too. I'm sitting barely 1/4" off the
: bottom of the boat.: ~ The Q700 is a John Winter's design, 18' long, 17'+ waterline, 21"
: beam, 20.5" waterline beam. It's very fast and has awesome secondary
: stability. When I've made an error and started to tip, the secondary
: kicked in like a supporting pair of hands. I have not flipped this boat,
: BTW. I've had other experienced paddlers try the Q700 and they all said,
: "Yep, it's a bit tender, but feels great...performance boats like
: this usually feel tender."
: ~ BUT, I find its initial stability downright twitchy and feel very unstable
: in it. The Q700 is advertised as an intermediate to advanced boat.: Jim
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