Sunday, August 5, 2007

Probamos el kayak / We tested the kayak


Finalmente el kayak está listo y Juan tuvo la oportunidad de salir a probarlo. El comportamiento general del bote fué muy bueno tanto con olas de costado como de atrás. A pesar de no tener timón se pudo controlar su dirección sin problemas y sobre todo se mostró muy veloz. Los compartimentos estancos funcionaron bien. Después de las pruebas Luis lo llevó al astillero para una revisión general. Ah! El nombre del kayak es "Fram" tal como se llamara el barco del explorador noruego Nansen para intentar llegar al Polo Norte entre 1893 y 1896. Al igual que Nansen, nosotros también esperamos que nuestro bote flote sobre los hielos!

Finally our kayak is ready and Juan had the opportunity to go out and tested it. The general behavior of the boat was good and she was very fast. Even without the rudder it wasn't difficult to keep direction. The bulks worked also very well and kept tight. After the test Luis took her for a general check out. By the way, the name of the kayak is "Fram" as per the boat built by Norwegian explorer Nansen for his journey to the North Pole between 1893 and 1896. We also hope that our boat will float on the ice!

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