Tiny Changes...
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Tiny Changes...
Massively effect performance.
I altered my CU Fly a bit, and I suddenly struggled to roll it, had two embarrassing swims, then altered it back and it was better, but still hard to roll. Moved my strap up and it improved further... but I still cant get it dialed down.
I'm going to have an embarrassing season at this rate.
Have others found that even minute changes of the outfitting totally effect the feel of a particular boat.
I altered my CU Fly a bit, and I suddenly struggled to roll it, had two embarrassing swims, then altered it back and it was better, but still hard to roll. Moved my strap up and it improved further... but I still cant get it dialed down.
I'm going to have an embarrassing season at this rate.
Have others found that even minute changes of the outfitting totally effect the feel of a particular boat.
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Outfitting?
What about eating?
My PFD doesn't fit after TDay.
My PFD doesn't fit after TDay.
So what did you do Josh....?
If you took some off the seat, put it back on....!
If not get down to a pool and nail the technique. I ended up with many people hanging on to my boat trying to stop me from rolling it.....they couldn't
A good pool session may also help you decide if your outfitting is good enough, a lap strap may feel good on dry land but is it doing the job in moving water?
I dont find mine difficult to roll but I use thigh straps and fairly tight hip pads...
Chris
If you took some off the seat, put it back on....!
If not get down to a pool and nail the technique. I ended up with many people hanging on to my boat trying to stop me from rolling it.....they couldn't
A good pool session may also help you decide if your outfitting is good enough, a lap strap may feel good on dry land but is it doing the job in moving water?
I dont find mine difficult to roll but I use thigh straps and fairly tight hip pads...
Chris
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I moved the foot braces, and thus the thigh hooks, so i didn't struggle to get in with boots and a drysuit.
It had been 6 or 7 months since my last swim, so the lap strap is certainly satisfactory.
I reckon that it may well have been some combination of the -5 air temp, and being tail squirted in the middle of serpents tail then running it backwards and landing on my head that did it for me.
I'll have it in a pool/on flat water at Christmas, just to be certain, because having a bombproof roll fail is a bit gutting.
It had been 6 or 7 months since my last swim, so the lap strap is certainly satisfactory.
I reckon that it may well have been some combination of the -5 air temp, and being tail squirted in the middle of serpents tail then running it backwards and landing on my head that did it for me.
I'll have it in a pool/on flat water at Christmas, just to be certain, because having a bombproof roll fail is a bit gutting.
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Josh,
In OC1 I find you either look really good or really bad, there seems to be no in-between. Chris talked me into moving my trim back in the Zoom, it went from a good boat to a fantastic one overnight!
Hope to see you folks on the water soon.
Kelvin.
In OC1 I find you either look really good or really bad, there seems to be no in-between. Chris talked me into moving my trim back in the Zoom, it went from a good boat to a fantastic one overnight!
Hope to see you folks on the water soon.
Kelvin.
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Trentlock is good, But I've never heard the washburn called rad (I like the new playwaves though) the locals (of whom I'm no longer one) regard it as a last resort when there's no rain, as the dam spills year round.
Currently most of the rain is either snow or hail
Currently most of the rain is either snow or hail
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