>Nick wrote; <snip> >> Why evaluate the whole chain when you can just look at the weakest link. > >I misunderstood your original question. I thought you asked about rolling as >a dynamic phenomenon in its entirety and not rolling just when it got >difficult. Since I misunderstood I will respectfully bow out of the >discussion. You probably didn't misunderstand my original question. I posed a hypothesis for rollability that looks at the greatest force required, you countered with one that looks at total energy required. I am not convinced one way or the other. That is why I threw the idea out for comment. A similar question could be asked about stability: which boat is more stable, the one with the highest maximum righting moment, steepest initial stability, or greatest area under the stability curve, or none of the above. I think you could probably make rational arguements for each. Nick Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St, Suite I Glastonbury, CT 06033 (860) 659-8847 Schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ >>>>"It's not just Art, It's a Craft!"<<<< *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jul 06 2000 - 06:24:49 PDT
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