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On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:16:30 GMT, "Kenneth McClelland"
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I was in a different boat than what I was used to and I was having a
like problem. The reason was that I was tense and was inadvertently
pushing one knee up hard and it was throwing my whole balance out.
After I stopped fighting with the boat and relaxed all was well. The
people I was paddling with said that the boat looked mostly level but I
think it was edging up with each stroke.

Also can happen if she's weighting the wrong foot on the stroke.

Which foot would that be? During a forward stroke clinic I took once from a
well known expedition kayaker he had us do an exercise which had us press
with the opposite foot as we took a stroke (i.e. if the paddle was in the
water on the left, push on the foot brace on the right). It didn't change
the direction of the boat but it was interesting in how it allowed for
greater torso rotation.