On 26-Aug-2003, Peter wrote:

Additional sponsons would have been useful with that design.

A better design sounds like a solution. Patching a bad design with
sponsons is not a solution. Timmy's approach is to patch bad
combinations of inexperienced paddlers and the wrong conditions.
Proper education and experience with good equipment make more
sense.

I tackle tougher conditions than most of the paddlers I know. My kayak
has very low initial stability (high secondary). I have never flipped over
unless I wanted to. My rolls are about as bombproof as I can get. Even
if I lost my paddle and spare, a paddle float is faster to inflate and I could
easily roll up with it on my hand. What would I want sponsons for?

Mike