[Paddlewise] Flat deck versus upswept ends

From: Gary Tabor <ratracer_at_rust.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 09:55:19 -0500
OK ... I got thoroughly zoomed on the ballast rocks thing, so why not get right back on the bicycle ...

What's up with the Greenland style boat?  Why would anyone put those upswept bows and sterns into a quartering wind?  Wouldn't it be a better world with an Inuit style boat with cambered deck to convince the water to run off?

Does one go Greenland when large waves are the concern and Inuit when wind is the rub?

Gary Tabor

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