Nick Schade writes: "Initial stability is dependant almost exclusively on waterline width. Two boats with the same waterline width and shape will have the same initial stability regardless of chine shape. Obviously, parameters such as seat height and other factors effecting the vertical center of gravity will also have an effect." Nick -- what do you mean by waterline width here? What you are saying sounds extremely counterintuitive, unless I misunderstand what is meant by initial stability. For example, imagine a box and a cylinder of the same length and width -- they would have an identical "waterline width" (indeed the waterlines could be identical shape and size. The cylinder would have zero intial stability (and zero secondary stability) while the box would have considerable initial and secondary stability. What am I missing here? --Karl Coplan P.S. sadly put my Coastal back in the basement last week after some 70 Hudson River crossings this year! *************************************************************************** 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 - 09:34:04 PST
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