Steve Brown" said: 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. My simple simpleminded understanding is that the bow is cleaving water that is still, so there is a lot of resistance to moving to the side. The stern is travelling through water that is turbulent and moving sideways, having been pushed aside by the bow and the hull. So there is not as much pressure on the stern to resist sliding to the side. Does that make physicist sense? Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Feb 11 2004 - 06:21:33 PST
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