Peter Wiley wrote:

I have one f/g kayak and one plastic one. The plastic one is heavier
but a better sea boat so I use it more. Never tried sailing a kayak,
strikes me as an exercise for people with a lot faster reflexes and
ability than I have.

It's human nature. Philip Bolger often laments the nearly universal tendency of
people to look at a good rowing boat and say "Let's put a sail on it" or a nice
sailboat and demand a motor, etc etc. Sailing a kayak does make some slight sense
if you have a long way to go downwind, but once you start cluttering it up you no
longer have a decent kayak and might as well get a 505 to start with.


I've only managed to master half an eskimo roll.

Me too... it's one reason why I still harbor this archaic preference for canoes
and pulling boats...

Fresh Breezes- Doug King