"Susanne Jerome" writes:
"Michael Daly" wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
On 4-Sep-2003, (William R. Watt) wrote:
I like the idea of using sponsons to make a kayak stable enough to get
easily in and out of and to move around on a boat in calm water. I saw a
picture of a guy standing up in a sponson equiped kayak is this realistic?
Maybe, but I have to say, the whole thing sounds kind of like a
kludge. If you want a boat that allows you go get up and march
around in it, you really want some other kind of boat, not a kayak.
That's not to say that there isn't a lot of variance in kayak shapes
and sizes, but compared with other boat designs, kayaks are designed
to be relatively close-fitting and narrow. Every type of boat does
some things better than others, and the way to choose your boat is
based on what you want to do the most. If moving around in your
boat is very important to you, a kayak is not the best boat for
doing that in, and kludging a kayak to allow for that is IMO not the
best solution.
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