Re: [Paddlewise] Hull speed and Olympic Kayaks

My question is: when did you manage to see kayaking? I have been 
recording the shows and checking the NBC site here in the US and have 
yet to see *any* sprint kayaking. The NBC site at one point had some 
scheduled, but it wasn't on and now the site doesn't show any on its 
broadcast stations. As I feared, the coverage has been crap. NBC 
won't even post an accurate time table of what it's showing.

Oh well, now they're just about over and I managed to see nothing 
that I was interested in seeing.

-Patrick

>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

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