Matt Broze writes... Not opposite at all. I've got nothing against authorities, as long as.... <<big snip>> one must also realize that the same vessel that 'balances' so nicely in the speeds (both wind and paddling) most people paddle at/in may have a tendency to slide out of that balance as the velocities increase. Even to the point where scootching your seat/footbraces doesn't help. And what about reverse? when going backwards how does this nicely balance hull behave? Was it designed to even go backwards? Most loose tracking, balanced boats will have a tendency to weathercock and most straight tracking hulls will have a tendency to leecock given the 'extreme' example scheme that Matt describes. In a strong offshore breeze here in Oregon, we say "Call me from Japan!" =:-0) steve http://mail2web.com/ . *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jun 25 2004 - 07:33:50 PDT
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