I just went over my home page, in it I have a page devoted to "carving a turn in a kayak..." Problem is, I think I got it back ward... What I seem to recall re-learning is that if I lift my right leg, the boat leans to the left, and I carve to the right? I think I got the physics wrong when I wrote the page, could someone verify or point out where I'm wrong? Thanks, Tom... link to kayak menu: http://www.isomedia.com/homes/gadfly/kayak.htm *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Tom wrote: > Problem is, I think I got it back ward... What I seem to recall > re-learning is that if I lift my right leg, the boat leans to the > left, and I carve to the right? Exactly right Tom. It seems counterintuitive that you would lean the boat left to turn to the right, but that is how it works. Woody *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Thank You All! So "Lift Right, Go Right" is the ticket... That is good, as it is what I did the last time out... When I think in terms of fluid dynamics, the hull when leaned makes 1/2 of a venturi and it is the rounded part that is the area that makes a velocity increase/pressure decrease then? OKAY! GOOD! I'll make sure that the page reflects this sometime this weekend but- I see the sunshine outside today and I think that perhaps it must be time to take a little trip... :) Thank you all again! >Exactly right Tom. It seems counterintuitive that you would lean the boat >left to turn to the right, but that is how it works. Tom... www.isomedia.com/homes/gadfly *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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