Kevin wrote; (SNIP) > > If this is true, then why did the Aleut Eskimos build boats with > multi-chine hulls? I would suggest they may have thought multi-chine hulls > were better than rounded hulls, and I don't believe for a second that they > didn't have the technology to build a smoothly rounded hull. I am of the > opinion that they arrived on their classic baidairka design after > centuries of rigorous testing that would rival anything that we do today. > Note that I am not saying necessarily that multi-chine hulls are more > efficient than rounded hulls, but I am saying that they might be better > in an overall sense. Any ideas on how they would build a smooth round bilge hull? I alos have in interest in the test protocol. I have always wondered how they knew when they had achieved the best trade-off between wavemaking and friction resistance. > > Strip-built boats avoid the chine problem, but at the addition of considerably > > more work than stitch-and-glue plywood kits. Guillemot Kayaks > > (http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/) has a great Web site, complete with a > > builder's Web board for trading hints and insults <g>. > > > > Others will chime in on chines and their value as a turning edge -- Whilden, > > where are you? > > > > I am not convinced that the presence of chines is all that important for > turning. Rather it is the hull shape that matters (although I have few > ideas as to how it matters). I have paddled plenty of rounded hull boats > that carve turns admirably, and several hard chines boats that turn > listlessly. I do believe that all else being equal, chines may enhance > turning in a secondary way. Aren't the chines a part of the "hull shape"? Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Web site address, http://home.ican.net/~735769 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Dec 08 1999 - 12:42:47 PST
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