Kayak rolling

[dryboater]

Hi - I am deciding on a SOF design kayak to build, but I need one that will roll well for ocean use. Does anyone have any experience with rolling the Kudzu designs and which ones roll well? Thanks

[andy00]

No direct evidence, but the general rules are that smaller beam is better and multi-chine is better. Therefore, Long Shot and Firefly look like the best bets. If you want a boat with even less beam, you need to check out yostwerks.org.

[Trakka]

cnckayaks.com have a specific design for rolling

[andy00]

7 hours ago, Trakka said:

cnckayaks.com have a specific design for rolling

Those boats are stitch-and-glue or wood strip. Nothin' wrong with that, but they ain't skin-on-frame. Yostwerks is all SOF.

[dryboater]

Thank you all. I am intrigued by the CNC desugns and mission but having built two plywood boats and one Gentrycustomboats.com SOF design, the SOF build process was by far more enjoyable (I really liked lashing and it is incredibly hardy) and produced a boat just as tough and useful as the other two, so I will stick with SOF. Gentry's Disko Bay design I know rolls; just not sure if the Kudzu fantails in Long Shot and baidarka will get in the way of that. I don't roll for fun, just need it for survival maybe. Thanks again for all advice.