I took a look at the boat drawings in Peter's web site and it looks like he tried to think of everything. He had buoyancy tanks but it does not say if he had foam flotation or just air. >From a boat design strandpoint his keel could use some improvement. A lower aspect ratio keel that incorporated water tanks would keep the boat floating higher in the event of a serious leak while still making it self righting. I cannot think of a good reason for a high aspect ratio keel on this kind of boat. A longer shallower keel would probably provide better directional control, greater resistance to broaching and reduced roll and pitching. A longer, shallower keel would also improve the structure of the hull. I think the boat would have also benefitted from more beam and less length. He would never paddle at speeds where the length would pay off so a wider boat that would have lower wetted surface would have improved his efficiency . Probably not fair to criticize too much without knowing more but these things popped into my mind as soon as I saw the drawing. 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 Mon Jun 19 2000 - 16:43:59 PDT
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