In a message dated 98-08-20 09:04:42 EDT, 735769_at_ican.net (John Winters) writes: << Many boats tend to lay abeam in seas. The cause is the circular orbits of water particles in the wave. The particles in the trough and crest travel in opposite directions. So, if the boat is at any angle to the wave a turning moment exists and persists until the boat reaches equilibrium. Typically this is when the boat is parallel to the waves. >> Thanks for the explanation, John. Guess I should have figured that. If this little ducky is like this in one to two foot stuff, I can't wait to side surf some big dumping stuff out at the beach --- per another response! Well, I wanted this thing for catching a few Rockfish, anyway --- and bird watching, too, maybe. Yeah, nice quiet birds! Jack *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Aug 20 1998 - 13:28:49 PDT
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