On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Matt Broze wrote: > I have never heard of a measurement of secondary > stability but I would love to hear about it if someone else has. Does a weighted lever arm attached to a kayak meet your requirements? Adding weights to generate a stability curve? A few years ago they did this at a Maine Island Trails association meeting for an assortment of boats. This seemed to be a reasonable interpretation of secondary stability. The problem with their results was they used a different person in each boat instead of testing a boat with a dummy or sand bag for a paddler. The boat that took the most weight to capsize felt to me to have the best secondary stability, it was woodstrip kayak from Loon boatworks in Maine, with a generous amount of flare behind the cockpit. kirk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 12 1999 - 08:58:35 PDT
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