Mark wrote; > If I remember, John Dowd in his book felt that although his klepper >was harder to initially get going from a standstill once it was loaded >heavily, this was offset by the extra momentum of the boat once it was up >to speed. These two factors cancelling out one another to some degree. Trouble is that one is always accelerating and decelerating. I don't have the lines to the Klepper (still trying to find someone close by with one) but it could have a better Cp when loaded and, as a result, might be slightly more efficient than when lightly loaded. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft http://home.ican.net/~735769/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Apr 04 1998 - 04:43:16 PST
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