One thing usually ignored is that weather cocking is not just an aerodynamic issue, it is a hydrodynamic one. The faster you are going the worse it happens. A boat with a skeg partway down to cancel cocking at cruising speed will weathervane (blow down wind) at slower speeds or when stopped. Likewise, paddling faster that cruising will cause some weather cocking. I have read very good explanations of this, but cannot remember where I read it, and didn't understand the theory behind it well enough to try and explain it. Steve Brown -----Original Message----- G'Day, Can anyone explain why varying the degree of deployment of a skeg allows one to compensate so effectively for such a wide variety of directions of wind or waves? 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Feb 10 2004 - 13:04:02 PST
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