-----Original Message----- From: Doug Lloyd [mailto:dlloyd_at_telus.net] On another topic, has anyone heard about a new paddling magazine coming out soon, from Canada? It is supposed to be the same people who produce "Rapid" magazine (devoted to river kayakers). I heard the name might me "Touring" or some such thing. Hey, maybe they pay better than writing on PW :-) BC'in Ya Doug Lloyd >> Ah but Doug there won't be the same prestige as writing for Paddlewise David *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
"Whyte, David" wrote: > <snip> > > Ah but Doug there won't be the same prestige as writing for Paddlewise > Speaking of prestige and writing in the same breath, if anyone on the list has access to the latest Wavelength Magazine issue, Doug Simpson has a great little piece about the brief history of his company, Feathercraft (available on-line, but requires a PDF download unfortunately - until next month). He talks about how his company made up mock kayaks with see-through materials in order to study the flow of water over the skin and so help design boats (how about that Mr Winters?). He also goes on to defend his use of aluminum as a frame material, but sites the fact that there is "some question about the advisability of using this material in a sea environment". He specifically references New york as the source of some of this derision. Is that you ralph? Whoever is bad mouthing aluminum better not let our Bob Meyers hear them :-). I met Doug S. years ago for the first time, testing a proto type during the very early eighties. He was out doing some long-range paddling, testing a new hull design. Now _he is_ a noteworthy "Doug" if there is one. I can think of a few more kayak personalities that rarely write articles. I wish more would. Anyhow, I'm looking forward to the next Sea Kayaker magazine issue due out any moment. I understand you have a picture on the front cover. Congratulations David! They are doing a bit of a feature on paddling down-under. BTW David, our local newspaper cartoon artist had a drawing a couple of weeks back of an Olympic kayak race. The paddlers were paddling with the boats upside-down, and the caption read above the spectators: "Oh, that's the Aussie team". :-) Cheers, Doug *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
-----Original Message----- From: Doug Lloyd [mailto:dlloyd_at_telus.net] Anyhow, I'm looking forward to the next Sea Kayaker magazine issue due out any moment. I understand you have a picture on the front cover. Congratulations David! They are doing a bit of a feature on paddling down-under.>> Actually SK cropped me out of the photo as it was in horizontal format. The orginal shows the wave about to break over the top of the front of my kayak as I sat there to take the photo, Had my camera and paddle tethered though as I was prepared to get dumped to take the photo. Paddle lesches in the surf now that usually starts a debate BTW David, our local newspaper cartoon artist had a drawing a couple of weeks back of an Olympic kayak race. The paddlers were paddling with the boats upside-down, and the caption read above the spectators: "Oh, that's the Aussie team". :-) Our kayak team didn't do that well this olympics Cheers David *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Doug wrote: > > Speaking of prestige and writing in the same breath, if anyone on the list has > access to the latest Wavelength Magazine issue, Doug Simpson has a great little > piece about the brief history of his company, Feathercraft (available on-line, > but requires a PDF download unfortunately - until next month). He talks about > how his company made up mock kayaks with see-through materials in order to study > the flow of water over the skin and so help design boats (how about that Mr > Winters?). Always nice to hear about people using more than intuition to design boats. Did he mention how he "visualized" the flow? Some methods work quite well and some don't. For example, using tufts of wool taped to the bottom gives deceptive results particularly where the boundary layer gets thick enough to 'bury" most of the tuft. Also the wool seems to adhere to some surfaces better than others. In 1972 I used windows in the bottom of a Star boat to study the effects of different wetting agents and waxes. This was how I learned that some waxes cause bubbles to adhere to the bottom which increased the surface roughness (BUMMER). I injected dye in front of the window in two locations and compared the speed that the dyes crossed the windows. LUX liquid detergent gave the best results. Please don't go smearing LUX on your boat. Aside from the pollution it washes off quite quickly. Probably the most useful information (for a folding boat) would have to do with flow over the chines. I have found that deep forward chines seem to increase resistance slightly (less than the repeatable accuracy of the tank or program) so unless one deals with odd shapes it looks like one can put the chines almost anywhere without doing too much harm. The Nordic Folkboat people used to argue the merits of lapstrake versus carvel construction since boats built with both constructions raced together. Each side vehemently argued for his preferred construction. I think that, in the end, they had to agree that sails and sailors made more difference except in light air when the added wetted surface of the lapstrake boats made them less competitive. Cheers, John Winters Web site address http://home.ican.net/~735769 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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