Re: [Paddlewise] Holding On

From: Brian Jones <mvhs-bj_at_mvhs.sad3.k12.me.us>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 08:05:33 -0500
At 07:23 AM 2/2/98 -0500, John wrote:

> No doubt sponsons could be improved. Nothing is perfect. One could also
>take another approach. Why not make sponsons redundant? Why not design
>boats with enough stability to allow wet re-entry without having to use
>sponsons? 

John:

Wouldn't providing enough initial stability to enable  reentering  require
increasing the beam so much as to reduce final stability to the point that
capsize in the first place could conceivably be more likely? 
>
Brian
>
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>John Winters
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