FrankP wrote:
This is such a great picture. I love how Doi seems to be so relaxed at the moment the picture was taken while 1/3 of the kayak is under water. Cool shot. Do you have the entire video available? Do you think, given the same conditions, if the bow was not loaded down and had a float in the bow instead, would the bow still go under water?
thank you...
we had to be relaxed because there was no other way...

we had to travel south that day and we sailed like that for about three hours after which the wind got really bad and we had to reef the sail.
each time the bow went under for too long we slowed down a bit..

not sure about the float, we never use floats because we need each available inch for gear, food, water, etc. Our boat is always heavy and doesn't jump at all in the surf... it goes through, which I find to be safe, steady and more pleasant than the surf rodeo... it is a solid folder that stays together under stress

more images:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 6628_n.jpghttps://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos- ... 2465_n.jpgand a few more images of the boat on Facebook (must be logged-in on FB)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.637478229602266.1073741825.100000202830777&type=3