At 10:39 PM 7/6/2004 -0700, Matt Broze wrote: > One of the reasons for the raked bow shape on our >designs is to prevent the bow from stopping suddenly if it contacts the >bottom at a shallow angle (or any hard object in the water head on). This is >not just to help keep the seat from sliding forward but such a collision >could be very hard on ones ankles, the kayak's foot pedals, and the kayak >using just about any kayak with footbraces. I read somewhere that one of the traditional reasons for a raked bow on a kayak was to allow hunters to paddle up onto an ice flow (seal landing) rather than have the bow possibly go under the ice when making contact. *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 07 2004 - 09:29:36 PDT
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:31:15 PDT