Re: [Paddlewise] my pre-teen perspective on planing

From: Michael Daly <michaeldaly_at_rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:54:10 -0500
From: "Kevin Whilden" <kevin_at_yourplanetearth.org>

> by. Conversely, non-planing boats do not create a rooster tail, and often
> have a breaking wave as the first wake behind the transom.

One of the things I noticed this summer is that some kayaks do 
produce a "rooster tail."  It only seems to happen on kayaks that
have sterns like the Solstice line.  It's a little dribble about
one cm high :-)

Mike

(Actually, it's caused by water moving aft along the keel and 
sticking to the keel as the keel turns up out of the water.  
Gravity eventually overpowers it and pops off.)

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