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. mark *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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/ ***************************************************************************
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