Re: [Paddlewise] Tracking thoughts

From: Nick Schade <schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:59:28 -0500
>>
>> Although I am not completely happy with my current definitions, by my way
>> of looking at it Blue seem to be a "soft" tracking boat with balance and
>> Red would seem to be a "hard" tracking boat with less balance.
>
>Huh?  How does this square with Red requiring hard sweeps and leaning to
>turn on flat water?
>

By my less than perfect definitions the Red boat is "hard" tracking because
it is hard difficult to make it turn, but it is not balanced because
outside forces can push it off course.



Nick Schade
Guillemot Kayaks
10 Ash Swamp Rd
Glastonbury, CT 06033
(860) 659-8847

Schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com
http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/

>>>>"It's not just Art, It's a Craft!"<<<<


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