Kevin writes: >>So what is YAWHOO?? I have seen this mentioned on your website, but with no explanation. Some kind of mnemonic for kayaking skills, perhaps?>> Something that has to do with YAW, what we are discussing. yes, a mnemonic that may go public soon. ;-) > I would think that a neutral hull would be better, so when doing a peel out > into current, a downstream tilt would allow the hull to freely turn > downstream, instead of trying to turn the hull up against the current. > >>I just don't understand what you mean here. How can the subtle hull design differences that account for the characteristics of a leaned turn have anything to do with eddy turns? <<snip>>The drag of the current against the hull will completely dominate over the edged-turn characteristics in calm water.>> I'm being pretty picky here but......if a boat has any tendency to turn when leaned isn't there going to be resistance, while obviously not enough to turn the boat against a current flow, but enough to *not* allow the boat free release to the downstream side. I don't really want my boat to resist an inside edge turn by trying to turn the hull the opposite direction. I'd rather it was neutral so *I* could make the call, inside or outside edge, starboard or port turn. steve *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Dec 04 2001 - 07:54:11 PST
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