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[> Subject: Re: Z
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Author:
Richard
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Date Posted: 23:01:41 05/20/05 Fri
I know very little about whitewater, but a couple of years ago I was at a demo day and feeling a little froggy, I hopped into a Perception Madness, just to see what a whitewater boat was like. As I was paddling out, I thought it strange to see the bow of the boat nose diving as I put some muscle into my stroke. The Madness is so short that my toes were packed right tight into the bow. I stopped paddling for a second and felt the stern side slip, kinda like a skid in a car, and thought maybe I should get this boat back to shore.....then wondered why I could hear water sloshing around in my ears. It was upside down so fast, I didn't even see it coming. Of course there was about 100 people standing on shore watching. I weigh about 250 also, and when I got home, I looked the madness up online to see the specs, and I was about 80 pounds over the recommended maximum weight, no wonder the bow was diving. I have since taken a whitewater course, and learned a few more tricks, the best advice I can offer would be to start out as a beginner in a high volume hull designed to float rather than a low volume hull designed to plane. As you get more experience and start looking for more thrills, then you can try out some of the "hair" boats. Don't worry, even with a larger volume boat, I still did a bit of swimming. Having paddled a touring boat prior to a whitewater boat, I struggled with the boat wanting to skid where a touring boat doesn't do that.
Good luck, and keep trying.
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