Peter’s Paddling Blog

The training center at the lake is a mess with ice floes and a new flooding. Therefore I went to the bay the other day and got one of the club’s Tracers.

This is one good-natured little Tour racer, which is always ready with a helping hand when the swell or waves upsets your balance. Apart from surf zone paddling, I cannot imagine sea conditions where we couldn’t power through. Sure the lack of volume in the stern makes it a wet ride in opposing waves and the rudder lacks efficiency but no ones perfect. The rudder deficiencies should be easily fixed.

I’m a sucker for a good view and I hate this “dining table” impression most kayaks leaves me with these days. I want to look at a sharp spiffy bow and not some voluminous pig. While the Tracer is only a few percent faster(yeah yeah I know…) than the fastest touring trainers, it looks like it’s in an entire different league.

Yes it got the looks alright. Ready for launch!

Not a rocking horse.

Standard Struer Boats footrest.

Tomorrow it’s time for the last 10 km winter race of the season and time for the grand Morten/Peter Nelo/Vajda showdown.

With a bit of wind and waves the better stability of the Supersonic should give me the edge while Morten will be struggling.