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bobber boats
Posted by: ppine on Dec-24-12 11:59 AM (EST)

I like big boats. Putting a load on may lower the center of gravity and make a canoe feel more stable, but it puts a lot of boat in the water which makes maneuvering much more difficult. I really like the lightness of big boats with a lot of buoyancy, not to mention all that freeboard.

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Weight of load/paddler vs. boat volume - trvlrerik - Dec-23-12 12:39 PM
- I've never known a boat to get faster - pblanc - Dec-23-12 12:44 PM
- Wind - Kudzu - Dec-23-12 2:31 PM
  - I completely agree with Kudzu - JackL - Dec-23-12 4:51 PM
- ...and, possibly more 'tippy' - edzep - Dec-23-12 2:49 PM
- Theorectically, it probably does. - abc - Dec-23-12 4:12 PM
- As a smaller paddler... - Celia - Dec-23-12 4:21 PM
  - my wife uses Pungo as slang - trvlrerik - Dec-23-12 8:10 PM
    - Whops! Sorry - Celia - Dec-26-12 2:19 PM
- I Can Relate - Kudzu - Dec-23-12 4:24 PM
- 30-60% of volume - Erwin - Dec-23-12 5:08 PM
- bobber boats - ppine - Dec-24-12 11:59 AM
- the Tsunamis - sapien - Dec-24-12 12:29 PM
  - Paddling with a heavy load. - FrankNC - Dec-25-12 9:19 PM
  - she is getting an Alchemy S - trvlrerik - Dec-28-12 10:22 PM
    - She'll love it - Celia - Dec-29-12 8:05 AM