[Paddlewise] Chines

Question:

I have seen boats described as having a "hard chine."  Can someone define
this for me? Is it that the hull and the deck meet at a sharp angle,
instead of a rounded corner, and that a hard chine, as opposed to a soft
chine, refers to how sharp this angle is?  Secondly, does a hard chine give
greater secondary stability, allowing for easier leans?

Finally, is chine pronounced (in English) as it would be in French (e.g.,
"sheen"), or is it pronounced like Chin[a]?

Thanks,

Josh
(Who lately been playing around with paddle blade widths between a Lendal
Nordkapp and a Lendal Archipelago...)

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Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and        Fax: [972] 3-641-5802
  African Studies                                                       
Tel Aviv University
Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978  Israel
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