The Sea Wind Gets Salty
D, E and I did a paddle in Elkhorn Slough, from Moss Landing to Kirby Park and back. Due to the full moon, the tide was big. We put in a little before high tide, and had the flood pushing us in. We turned around a little after high tide, and had the ebb pulling us out back to our launch point.
The afternoon onshore wind kicked up pretty strong. The Sea Wind has more windage than a kayak, so I had to work a bit harder. But it's way better than the Wenonah. I came to really appreciate the rudder. I would have struggled a lot in an "ordinary" canoe.
I used the middle seat height, but with the seat tilted forward. This worked pretty well. On the first paddle in this boat I had some sciatica, but this paddle was reasonably comfortable.
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I am planning to build a stripper canoe. What started as a plan to just build something beautiful and faster then my royalex river boats has morphed into a decked canoe obsession. I can get plans for a seawind style boat from JEM watercraft but I have never paddled one and wonder if it tracks/turns OK without a rudder. I plan to remain a single-blade paddler. Do not normally do salt water but would like to. I would probably mostly do river trips, maybe some lake hopping like Bowwron Lakes.
What do you think about a no-rudder seawind style boat?
Doesn't have a strong chine, but it does turn.
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The Sea Wind Gets Salty
D, E and I did a paddle in Elkhorn Slough, from Moss Landing to Kirby Park and back. Due to the full moon, the tide was big. We put in a little before high tide, and had the flood pushing us in. We turned around a little after high tide, and had the ebb pulling us out back to our launch point.
The afternoon onshore wind kicked up pretty strong. The Sea Wind has more windage than a kayak, so I had to work a bit harder. But it's way better than the Wenonah. I came to really appreciate the rudder. I would have struggled a lot in an "ordinary" canoe.
I used the middle seat height, but with the seat tilted forward. This worked pretty well. On the first paddle in this boat I had some sciatica, but this paddle was reasonably comfortable.
satellite photo 250k
- mark 10-09-2006 9:10 am
I am planning to build a stripper canoe. What started as a plan to just build something beautiful and faster then my royalex river boats has morphed into a decked canoe obsession. I can get plans for a seawind style boat from JEM watercraft but I have never paddled one and wonder if it tracks/turns OK without a rudder. I plan to remain a single-blade paddler. Do not normally do salt water but would like to. I would probably mostly do river trips, maybe some lake hopping like Bowwron Lakes.
What do you think about a no-rudder seawind style boat?
- northwind (guest) 12-04-2012 2:12 pm
Doesn't have a strong chine, but it does turn.
- mark 12-12-2012 5:53 am