With all our(?) concern about safety a Question for me is: with how much (initial) instability do we have to put up? (talking about touring boats of course) I am willing to give up some initial stability for ease of paddling, for most of the time I don't need a lot of it, _and_ I like to be able to easy roll a boat to the rails and still feel stable (= good secondary/final/overall stability?). BUT I also want a boat that is easy in the heavy stuff (that is Safety to me). And I doubt if high secondary stability alone will really safe me if _I_ lose my balance/brace... So how (much) do I have to compromise? Is there a sensible thing that can be said about that? Dirk Barends http://huizen.dds.nl/~dbarends/cwp.html *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 11/20/00 12:52:22 PM, dbarends_at_ision.nl writes: << a Question for me is: with how much (initial) instability do we have to put up? (talking about touring boats of course) >> I can't believe this has gone on at such a rate for so long. You guys must be cabin-bound or as low on work in the office as I am. Frankly, I've skimmed most of it but the word curve is starting to make me seasick <G>. This is the first interesting thing I've seen on this thread in days. Then, I did miss a bit when I had to stop at the third curve of most posts. What truly scared me was that I was actually understanding it for a while! Joan Spinner *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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