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"Susanne Jerome" wrote in message
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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?


Of course it's realistic--but you don't need sponsons to be able to
stand up in a sea kayak. Check out
http://www.ckf.org/Reports/CKF_PaddleFest-2002.htm and scroll to the
bottom of the page. First photo on the left in the last row.

It looks like he's getting some stability assistance from the guy in the
boat next to him.

Take a look at this one...

http://mayfly.mannlib.cornell.edu/pa...tion/marg2.gif

As the Swee****er kayak symposium I've seen Nigel Foster stand in his 21"
wide Legend on one foot on a day when the winds were blowing so hard that
they cancelled most of the on water sessions.