George wrote > There's a fundamental distinction between "primary" and "secondary" >stability. . . (also known as "initial and secondary stability"). I'm a big >fan of the secondary stability boats. . . the ones that are tippy ("tender") >like you don't know but which don't get rocked in the waves. I've a Current >Designs Solstice GTS which is very tender on the flat water, but just >PERSISTS in staying upright and level in heavy seas. On flat water the boat >is tippy and tender. On heavy seas the boat stays upright because it's >designed to sit on edge and level in water that's rolling in a 45 degree >angle wave. > I also have a Solstice GTS. IMHO it is extremely stable on flat water for a 22" beam boat. Not tender at all. For tender compare it to an Arluk 1.8 or Nordkapp or Looksha II. However, I agree that it is also extremely forgiving in heavy seas. Jerry *************************************************************************** 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 Wed May 20 1998 - 23:17:05 PDT
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