[Paddlewise] Hull designed to punch through waves

Hi Y'all,

I went paddling in some big breaking waves for the first time since we got
our Wilderness Systems Cape Horns.  I was very pleasantly pleased with their
performance.  I had an unusually big wave crash on me at one point while
going out throught the surf.  My timing/luck couldn't have been worse.  I
figured it was a certain back-ender, but it didn't happen.  Instead, the
boat punched through it!  I came up on top of the wave on the ocean side
with my stern just barely sticking over the wave.  I tried it a couple more
times to see if that was normal for this hull design.  Evidently it is.  A
Sea Lion would have been eaten up in a wave like that.

I'm guessing that the bow design, Greenlandish, was designed, at least
partially, for this very thing.  Any thoughts?

Cheers,
Dave

http://paddleasia.com


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