----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Daly" <michaeldaly_at_rogers.com> > > From: "Kevin Whilden" <kevin_at_yourplanetearth.org> > > Incidently, it is my theory that whitewater boats need wide flat hulls with > > lots of wetted surface area <snip> > Actually, long boats need higher speeds to plane. To plane in white water, > you'd need a short boat. <snip> > A long, wide WW kayak will be a displacement kayak unless you get into some > really scary water velocities. A short narrow kayak will sink :-) And short, wide whitewater kayaks are the most prevalent these days. In fact, one of TLAG (the latest and greatest) kayaks of today is actually shorter (5'9") than I am tall (6'2")... the Dagger G-Force. It planes up just fine on a wave, and that's about all it is good for. It is a "park and play" style boat. This kind of boat may sound ridiculous, but it allows rodeo kayakers to do some amazing things. They can now get fully airborne and do aerial somesaults and aerial spins on regular river features. If you want to be amazed, check the move called the Helix on this page... http://www.stevefisher.net/AB%20secondary%20pages/helix.htm Be sure to download the quicktime movie at the bottom, as it is a lot more impressive than the still photos. It is a fully airborne, upsidedown, 360 degree spin, that he lands back on the wave face and in control. How do you like that?? Cheers, Kevin *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 17 2002 - 15:23:07 PST
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