The Pilgrim Exp. in winter on a summer-sea ;-) - testsession 4

5 march 2013 ; wind SE 3 bft ; temp 20˚C ; distance approx. 18km.

Today was very pleasant with plenty of sunshine and a nice temperature. A day to go kayaking. Not a day with demanding conditions for testing. This did not hold us back to go kayaking.

As you can imagine I didn't find new issues about the qualities of the Pilgrim in this quiet weather only consolidation of earlier conclusions.

Two observations:
- The Pilgrim tracked nice in a following sea with 40cm waves. No problem to maintain your course.
- The Pilgrim is really a boat for smaller persons. In winter I use neoprene shoes size 44; a bit bigger than normal to fit over an extra pair of socks in my drysuit. In the Pilgrim this shoe-size is not very comfortable because it forces me in a fixed position: the deck is too low forcing your feet in a unnatural position. Not using the footrests, but the bulkhead to put my feet against helps, but not enough. The lesson learnt is that the Pilgrim indeed fits smaller persons. I think persons width shoe-size 42 as maximum.