On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Matt Broze wrote: > Selville wrote: > > >Can you let me know how the primary and secondary stabilities of sea kayaks > >are measured? > > Now that is a good question! I thought so, too. Hopefully you'll get around to answering it. Meanwhile, I enjoyed your dissertation, which taught me that what I thought I understood about the subject was wrong; I thought initial or primary stability was basically wave-surface-hugging strength. Is what you were saying, that primary is tendency to return to the vertical (not the water surface) when displaced from it a small amount, and secondary is the same, but the tendency is weaker and spread smoothly over a larger range of displacement? How IS it measured? (not "defined") With John Winters on vacation who will come > forward I don't mind that but I wish he wouldn't take the Professor with him. Slainte - e Elaine Harmon - eilidh_at_dc.seflin.org - eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Aug 11 1999 - 08:34:15 PDT
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