On Sep 23, 2004, at 11:36 AM, Gordin Warner wrote: > "dents" or dimples built into them. I'm sure I'm using the wrong word > here. The theory, as I understand it, is similar to the dimples on a > golf ball. The indentations purpose is to break the solid plane of > water that flows continuously over a smooth hull surface. This plane > of water creates friction. Bust up the plane and there's less > friction. Like many theories dent = dimples sounds good. But a kayak isn't a golf ball and the dents and dimples only have a superficial resemblance. This kind of theory is of the look-alike-work-alike class. Greenland paddles look like an efficient glider wing, therefore must be more efficient; SOF kayak dents look like golf-ball dimples; horseradish looks like male genitalia therefore it must be an aphrodisiac. Sometimes resemblance is just coincidental. For something to work the same, it must actually work the same. Horseradish is not genitalia and kayaks don't fly spinning through the air. This is not to say the SOF dents don't do good things, it is just that what ever they do has nothing to do with golf balls dimples. Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA Ph/Fx: (860) 659-8847 http://www.guillemot-kayaks.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 Thu Sep 23 2004 - 14:10:38 PDT
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