(SNIP) > >John, could you explain how heeling could improve speed? It seems to me >like it would be an inefficient action. Wouldn't it, to some small degree, >make the boat 'zig-zag' just a little bit? > I didn't say heeling would improve net speed, what I said was that the form might get improved. For example, a boat with too high a prismatic coefficient for lowest resistance at a given speed might have a lower prismatic when heeled and so, would less resistance. As for net resistance resulting from all factors, that includes many variables. Heeling need not cause zig-zagging. Some people heel their boats to keep them going straight without using corrective strokes (this works particularly well with some solo canoes). Just as I am not convinced that the blanket statement that heel causes more resistance has validity in all cases so am I not sure that heeling will reduce resistance in all cases. I provided the comment example to suggest how the former statement might not apply. Complicated, I know. Like a designer friend once said, "I am not sure I understand everything I know about that." Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Web site address, http://home.ican.net/~735769 *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 23 1999 - 08:06:01 PDT
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