John Winters wrote: [...] >Olympics don't have any specs, (some would say thank God) and the boats are >governed by the ICF. The horns just behind the cockpit are rule cheaters to >make narrow boats that still meet the beam minimum. The ICF has a tradition >of illogical rules and even more illogical enforcement. Some time ago I asked the ICF about their rule that only concave lines where allowed, which to my memory used to be: no convex lines allowed? Since I cannot understand the only concave lines rule, because I see a lot of convex or straight lines on the racing boats, and maybe the only sort of canoe that could somehow compy to these rule might be a Grumman for instance? I never got any explanation from the ICF... Dirk Barends *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Sep 29 2000 - 08:38:03 PDT
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