I was out in the Narak today with a mate in a greenland style hardshell having fun in force 6 winds in the bay of Pozzuoli in Naples, with a 1.5 / 2m swell running diagonal to the wind direction and a short chop whipped up the wind with a fair bit of spray. I was really impressed by how well the Narak handled these conditions, though I'm a bit light for it at 67 kg so it's a bit high in the water and it was harder work for me than for the more experienced paddler I was with in hislower profile hardshell. Having said that there was a moment when neither of us could make any progress into a particularly strong gust

. I'd set up the seat position in Narak so that it was pretty much neutral in lighter winds with neither weathercocking nor leecocking, but noticed that in today's conditions I had to lean a long way forward to stop it from leecocking, and the bow still got away from me once. I can easily move the seat forward by about 10 cm next time I'm out in high winds, which should make it weathercock in these conditions, but was wondering if anyone can tell me whether it's normal to have to adjust ballast or seating position forward to provide adequate weathercocking in higher winds.
Simon
PS had a think about it and perhaps it's just that when heading into a higher wind the vector of the wind speed and the kayak speed results in the centre of pressure moving further forward....