Edging a Kayak Along a Cliff
In this video I'm paddling along a cliff, demonstrating edging, cross bow draw, and and occasional J-stroke. Cliffsides are a great place to practice edging.
A kayak hull is symmetrical along the long axis. It is designed primarily (sea kayaks anyway) to allow the kayak to glide forward in a straight line. If you take hull out of the water by edging, then you have unbalanced that symmetry and the boat won't go in a straight line.
So, if you edge the boat to the left, you have taken hull out of the water on the right, the boat's hull sees less resistance on the right and thus the kayak turns right.
Edging a kayak takes a little practice.
I have this video on my Edging a Kayak page; https://www.kayaklakemead.com/edging-...