"Michael Daly" wrote in message ...

While not guaranteed, in general hard chine kayaks tend to have the
characteristics you want. Round chines tend to have the secondary
kick in early and are harder to edge. Hard chines tend to roll quickly
and then hit a solid secondary.

Mike

My experience has been mixed with hard chined boats. The NDK
Greenlander Pro does behave as you describe, however the Caribou
seemed much stiffer. On the other hand the Valley Nordkapp which I
believe is soft chined rolls easily through the secondary and appears
to hit nothing solid.

Gene