Re: [Paddlewise] paddlefloat photo

From: "Mike McNally" <mmcnally3_at_prodigy.net>

> but now that we are adding more air and particulary adding it in a
> manner in which the dist dx is set (superior to what a seasock does), we 
> are increasing these previously insignificant forces of stability
> provided by the hull.  

I don't think I understand how it's superior to a sea sock.  But then, I'm
envisioning an "ideal" sea sock that is barely bigger than your body
and held in place near the centerline of the kayak, thus leaving a large
amount of air elsewhere.  (I don't make any claims about how practical
such a sea sock is.)  Are you thinking about a sea sock that's a very large
loose bag?

> change in stability, in that particular design.  But, with a more
> significant interior sponson it would provide the flooded state
> stability we are looking for.  I think in the future we will see this
> design incorporated in many boats.  

I'll agree with you, but then ask "Where are these significant sponsons
going to go?"  

My Ellesmere hasn't enough room on the side of my hips for a 2" diameter
hand pump.   With my big feet and long legs, cockpit room forward is 
awkward to cut down.  If you enlarge the kayak so you can fit such internal 
sponsons, I think you're losing something in the bargain.

Mike

(Who has sponsonman as a fellow member of my kayak club and a built-in
allergy to things that smack of ideal solutions to a kayaking problem I don't 
have)

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