Michael Daly wrote: > > But then, sometimes ballasting with weight in the ends can > have a useful damping effect on pitching. This may be true in some rare cases but my experience in a wide variety of boats, sail, power, paddle, etc. shows that pitching usually increases with weight in the ends of the boat. It is far better to control pitching with buoyancy and hull shape. Having the ends shaped differently, that is the buoyancy and change in buoyancy with immersion is different between the bow and stern does more to damp pitching. For good examples see the designs (multihull sailboats) of Kurt Hughes at; http://www.multihulldesigns.com/ While the shapes he uses would likely not be all that great for kayaks the idea is sound. Ever notice that there are more fish form, and swede form kayaks than symmetrical ones? Think there might be a reason? And yes, sometimes the added inertia DOES help the boat punch through small waves instead of pitching so weight in the ends will help *sometimes*. michael (still more sailor than kayaker) *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jun 28 2004 - 11:12:48 PDT
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