RWMCT wrote: > Reading the "chine posts" makes me ask, "Am I nuts???" My Arctic Hawk has > chines anyone would call "hard", and it has a ton of secondary stability. I > always thought the combinatin of hard chines and flare was a recipe for > secondary stability. I also thought the whole point to soft chines was less > initial and secondary stability so that it is easier to push through the > rough stuff and that both types of stability came from resistance. This discussion resulted from just this belief which, unfortunately doesn't apply in all cases. As some have tried explain (possibly not as clearly as we could) chines do not "make the boat" and that one can duplicate the characteristics of both types (chined and round bilge) with the other type. Most paddlers experience a sensation and try to associate to with a single design feature. If only boat design were so simple!!! We must learn to treat boats as systems involving the complex interaction of shape, paddler and environment. Drawing conclusions about boats based upon one's experience with a limited number of boats, hearsay, and superstition has similarities to the stereotypes and prejudice we form about people. Hence dumb blonde jokes, Newfie jokes, aggie jokes, racial prejudice etc. etc. etc. Cheers, John Winters *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Nov 16 2000 - 07:15:11 PST
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