Re: [Paddlewise] ROLLABILITY

From: <KiAyker_at_aol.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 20:39:48 EDT
In a message dated 9/24/98 11:31:31 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
TDittrich_at_HomeATM.com writes:

<< May I assume that there is a corollary to the observations below:  The
 more a boat approximates a cylinder, the more difficult it is to keep
 upright? >>

   Not necessarily. In flat calm water that would probably be correct. But
when you add waves to the equation then a more rounded hull that will roll in
accordance with the paddlers efforts to keep it up right, as opposed to a
flatter hull which will follow the angle of the wave, will actually be more
stable. At least to an experiance paddler.

Scott
So.Cal.
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