[CKF Info] Doubles

[Frank Malinowski]

Another thing you can do is to put the rudder controls in the front position so the person who sees can steer. I did this on our folding double and my wife *loved* it. We had t go where ever she wanted, which was too close to the rocks for me. I Just became a 'big dumb motor' in the back position. I had to explain to her that the rudder was under too much stress and had to be set in the rear for safety, don't anybody let her in on it.
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> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:33:08 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Duane Strosaker <strosaker at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [CKF Info] Doubles-was Kayaks for sale
> To: 'CKF Info' <info at list.ckf.org>
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> CKFers,
> 
>    Granted, Jake and aren't married to each other, but after 
> paddling a double to Catalina for lunch and back the same day, 
> we're still friends.
> 
>    My wife, as well as my daughter, get along fine with me in the 
> double. The trick is to have the lead person/stronger paddler in 
> the front seat so the other person can follow the cadence in the 
> back seat. Even if the seats are far enough apart that the paddles 
> don't hit, it's best to paddle together.
> 
>    Duane
> 
> 
> Dee Ann Hess <tdhess at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> that!!! My husband and I have a tandem and we don?t last five 
> minutes in it.  We didn?t last five minutes on a tandem bike 
> either! I think it?s safer to have two boats out on open water than 
> one tandem.  You can always raft together, or tow, if saying 
> together becomes an issue.  Just a thought?.
> 
>    Dee Ann
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