kirk olsen wrote: > At 09:09 AM 3/8/01 -0800, Mike Wagenbach wrote: > > > Boat wakes come to > >mind. Anyone know if 8 inch/ 20 cm wavelets are significant? > > As you would expect at race pace almost any wave can be significant. > Particularly > if you are "running" perfectly level, and the waves introduce a bounce > (reducing the > hull's glide) into the motion. The waves are significant in that handling the rougher stuff is definitely a different skill than racing on totally flat water. I have been in two races where I pulled away from competitors that I was having a hard time keeping up with in flat water and when we hit the open, choppy water. > I would only do the testing on a lake. I would not do it anywhere with a > current and preferably in water at least 10 feet deep - minimizing the effect of > > the bow wave in relationship to the bottom. I have seemed to settle in on a depth of 3' - 4' to not feel the drag of the reflective wake off the bottom. What are other opinions on what is a depth at which one is not affected by one's own reflective wake? Regards, Ellis Seda Impulse Lat 39o38'40" Lon 75o57'00" *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 08 2001 - 18:01:28 PST
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