Boats with round hulls and pronounce flasres on the sides \___/ are very easy to roll. The strong secondary stability of that configuration helps the boat to get upright once the paddler has passed the initial 90 degrees of the roll. You see many people about to complete a roll, but falling back on the water. That is caused by medium to low secondary stability. White water boats, usually have good side flares due to their elliptical cross section. - Julio > > The general thread that runs through this is that boats which > approximate a cylinder are easy to roll, and the more a boat > departs from that shape, the harder it is to roll. > > ---Rsk > Rich Kulawiec > rsk_at_gsp.org > *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 24 1998 - 10:58:16 PDT
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