Re: [Paddlewise] surfing and hard chines

From: Nick Schade <schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 20:29:35 -0500
>Nick Said:
>
>>  However, by this definition I think some surfing
>>  kayaks plane. I've measured ground speeds of over 20 mph while
>>  surfing and at the point of acceleration, the bow tends to drop down
>>  the wave and the boat takes off.
>
>How are you able to measure speed?  That sounds like a difficult but 
>interesting
>thing to do.
>
>Do you use a radar gun from shore or a GPS?  That's about all I 
>could think of.
>How does one go about picking up a used radar gun anyway?  Any health risks to
>the paddlers you're zaping?  :-)

I used a GPS. It is pretty accurate for such things. Again it is 
"ground" speed not speed through the water.

-- 
Nick Schade
Guillemot Kayaks
824 Thompson St
Glastonbury, CT 06033
(860) 659-8847
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