At 20:09 9/29/99 -0400, Michael Daly wrote: >Mark Zen wrote: >> On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Kenneth Cooperstein wrote: >> [snip] >> > Assumptions: >> > >> [snip] >> > (2) Leaning the boat a little causes it to turn away from the lean >> > because the low side is longer on the water than the high side, causing >> > lift aft. Thus lean can be used to steer in open water. >> >> leaning the boat will not cause the boat to turn. > >I beg to differ. This is one of the tests I conduct on a kayak when I paddle >it. I get up to speed, stop paddling and drift a bit. Then, _without_ a sweep >stroke, I lean the kayak. Good ones turn opposite the lean. > >Mike mike, you snipped: ==== if the boat is going in a straight line, and you lean left, you keep going in a straight line. if the boat is turning left, and you lean left, you turn a bit faster. if the boat is turning left, and you lean right, you turn left FAST, this is called a "jam turn" ==== i am fairly willing to bet the boat has started a turn before you lean, and you were performing a jam turn... to become certified as a _canoe_ instructor, we had to demonstrate this principle to the instructor trainer... from what i know of hull shapes, the same _should_ be true of sea kayaks as well... whitewater kayaks probably fit that catagory, but i'm sure some of the play boats do strange things... mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. --Pablo Picasso *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 29 1999 - 17:46:13 PDT
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