I have got some good feedback after my last post about the Legend. One of the tips was to read the book of Nigel Foster and so I have now one copy at home. It is quite interesting, quite different than the book of Derek Hutchinson for example. Nigel Foster is a very technical paddler and that shows from the first page. I only read the first part but it is good to read his explaination of a forward stroke with a sidewards sculling movement to prevent flutter and to make it more efficient. It is exactly the way how I move the greenland paddle through the water.
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| Interesting lecture |
The kayak designs of Nigel Foster reflect his technical skills and they are designed to be easy managed, but only with good technique. Also the weathercocking should be manageable without a retractable skeg. On my Legend there is fixed skeg glued on. This prevents a certain amount of weathercocking but it also hinders the correction strokes. As I couldn't continue with the Shadow as the new seat was still drying, I had some time today to remove this skeg from the Legend. It should be removed anyway before I would add a rectractable skeg. Unfortunately it was very well glued on with polyester or epoxy so it took me some time.
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| Removal of the glued on skeg |
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