Peter Rathman wrote > deliberately flooded a couple of kayak in a pool, I know that the reduction > of stability is tremendous and I don't think a sponson's several liters of > volume (compared to the, say 150+ liter cockpit volume) is going to make a > big enough difference. G'day, Some years ago in the evening when there were no local surfers I accidentally flooded a Klepper in the surf off the middle of Bondi Beach and remember being very impressed by its stability and extremely worried by the flying quarter tonne missile I was riding! It was amazing that it landed in one piece, fortunately there wasn't a shore dump that day! However, I can attest that it is possible to capsize a Klepper in the surf! The descriptions people have given of the Klepper having improved stability when flooded, whether in rough or in smooth water, suggests that the internal sponsons don't have to be big at all. Is it possible that the sponsons need not take up a significant volume because the force due to the mass of water in the boat is counter acted by the mass of water external to the boat. Remember its a flexible hull! IE sitting in a Klepper full of water, where the sponsons and the flotation bags provide the buoyancy, may be equivalent to hanging in the water in a lifebuoy . All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
PeterO wrote: > > Peter Rathman wrote > > deliberately flooded a couple of kayak in a pool, I know that the > reduction > > of stability is tremendous and I don't think a sponson's several liters of > > volume (compared to the, say 150+ liter cockpit volume) is going to make a > > big enough difference. > > G'day, ... Please note that I did not write the above - it was in some material that I quoted from the previous poster (Michael). *************************************************************************** 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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