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Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question
Posted By: jimkozel In Response To: Re: Q700 - Handling/skill level question (Steve)
Date: Friday, 26 September 2003, at 12:32 a.m.
All of these recent responses makes me think that all I'm lacking here is experience and time in the boat. The kind of paddling skills several of you are describing are yet beyond me, but the Q700 would be a good boat in which to develop those skills.
I talked with Matt Broze about the Mariner II and the Q700. He suggested I felt more secure in the Mariner because of the "banana" shape, river-dory sweep of the water line on the Mariners. In other words, in the very short period waves and chop on Lake Erie, more of the Mariner is in the water at any given time than the Q700. Some of that great secondary stability in the Q700 comes from all that volume pushed to the bow and stern. If I'm not mistaken, the Q700's waterline is almost as long as the Mariner II's overall length! So what happens is the short waves lift the bow and the stern a bit, unweighting the center of the 700, rendering the tippy feeling. When I've leaned the 700 over, accidentally on purpose, I really felt the secondary stability, just took awhile to get there. I feel it right away in the Mariner II. I guess it's vanilla or chocolate.
I know what you mean about stable when moving. Not the best boat for hanging out, but what did work for me was to sit still with my weight shifted to weather, putting the boat in a semi-permanent lean into the wind and waves.
Jim
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