Been interesting to read John and Matt's dialogue on Swede form and flow, even if I do feel like a kid allowed to sit at the adult's table; proud to be there but not altogether sure of what they're talking about. Went out to do some practical "flow tests" with my Swede form hull kayak in about one-foot whitecaps this weekend; as I remembered, the thin bow pierces waves well on the break-out through the surf zone. Surfing back toward the beach, the bow does have a tendency to "submarine" despite the reserve buoyancy built-in above the usual waterline. This submarining is easily prevented/countered by leaning toward the stern, which you're often doing anyway while ruddering with your paddle blade as far back as possible for maximum leverage. I'm very pleased with the performance of my new sea-sock; despite numerous rolls side-on to the waves (all deliberate practise rolls, I hasten to add), flooding was minimal in the sock, with no destabilising free surface effect. A very small amount flooded into the cockpit outside the sock, but was easily mopped up by the small electric pump. Just call me a belt-AND-suspenders kinda paddler. Cheers, Philip N49°16' W123°08' ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
It would help me understand if you said what model kayak you were paddling. Other things being equal (which they aren't) a fishform will keep its bow up better in steep following seas or surf. A lot of reserve buoyancy or a lifting surface near the bow is more of a factor though. -----Original Message----- From: Philip Torrens <skerries_at_hotmail.com> To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Date: Monday, May 31, 1999 4:44 PM Subject: [Paddlewise] How Swede it is ... >Been interesting to read John and Matt's dialogue on Swede form and flow, >even if I do feel like a kid allowed to sit at the adult's table; proud to >be there but not altogether sure of what they're talking about. >Went out to do some practical "flow tests" with my Swede form hull kayak in >about one-foot whitecaps this weekend; as I remembered, the thin bow pierces >waves well on the break-out through the surf zone. Surfing back toward the >beach, the bow does have a tendency to "submarine" despite the reserve >buoyancy built-in above the usual waterline. This submarining is easily >prevented/countered by leaning toward the stern, which you're often doing >anyway while ruddering with your paddle blade as far back as possible for >maximum leverage. >I'm very pleased with the performance of my new sea-sock; despite numerous >rolls side-on to the waves (all deliberate practise rolls, I hasten to add), >flooding was minimal in the sock, with no destabilising free surface effect. >A very small amount flooded into the cockpit outside the sock, but was >easily mopped up by the small electric pump. Just call me a >belt-AND-suspenders kinda paddler. > >Cheers, >Philip > > >N49°16' W123°08' > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ >*************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** 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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