krueger wrote:
Bill,

Not really sure.

The big difference between the two is length, width and amount of
tumblehome. Don't really remember how wide the Caption was, but 6 inches
narrower maybe????? It also had a tendency to dive into waves whereas the
Dimension climbed, but think they had same amount of rocker. We would do
the same run/level with both boats, the Dimension dry, Caption wet, and I
don't think it was "us". Anyone else have any thoughts?

We always thought of the Dimension as a "big water work horse", the Caption
a "hot-rod" play boat.
We got the first Dimension in '91, now working on #2. The Caption we bought
in '96 and sold '04 and had not been used for several years.


Carol

"Bill Tuthill" wrote in message ...
krueger wrote:


Why do you think the Caption tandem is so unstable when full of water?
Both Dimension and Caption canoes are made by Dagger: you'd think they'd
know how to prevent that behavior.

On a lower Tuolumne trip last fall (below La Grange dam) we had one spot
where two canoes tipped over. In my IK, I helped with rescue, and was
flabbergasted how easy it was to push fully-waterlogged canoes to shore.
So I'm not surprised they handle well in that state, especially if they
aren't really full due to float bags (the canoes on the lower Tuolumne
had no float bags).


Performance vs. stability is always a tradeoff.

Typically, they don't handle at all well when swamped. Are you, Bill,
referring to a whitewater boat, fully bagged, floating upside down?
THOSE are easy to push around because they weigh less than 100# unless
they have a lot of gear lashed in. But right-side-up and full of water
(at 8#/gal.) a canoe may be carrying 400# more than its original load
(you and yer partner), and ~700# is an absolute bear to move and
maneuver.


PS, I bought the Pentax Optio W10 before I left on my recent 3-week
Rocky Mountain boating trip. Shot nearly 700 pictures; haven't
downloaded them for full-screen viewing yet. I'm not very excited
about the slow reaction-time and dimness of the monitor, nor the lag
between click and pic (which caused most of my close-up action shots to
catch the subject halfway out of frame).


-Richard, His Kanubic Travesty
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