Wow. Short, sweet, and informative. Anyone have thoughts on just lowering a rudder straight down (without "steering" it)? Would that change his (peter's) opinion on the relative worth of skeg and rudder? Milo Poughkeepsie, NY -----Original Message----- From: Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_pacifier.com> >Peter Carter, of the New South Wales Sea kayak Club, has an interesting >little article (Going Straight: a few thoughts) at >http://www.mpx.com.au/~pcarter/dirstab.html detailing how a stern fin >improves directional stability in a following sea. Diagrams, no less! > *************************************************************************** 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 Dec 23 1998 - 07:15:52 PST
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:30:02 PDT