At 09:18 PM 5/9/2005 +1000, PeterO wrote: >Matt wrote: - > >It should have great secondary stability > >with all that flair out towards the ends > >G'Day, > >Does solid secondary stability generally correlate with a less comfortable >ride in choppy water? i.e with increased stability and less tendency to stay >vertical on a wave, is the ride likely to be less comfortable? I seem to >feel that in boats I've paddled. Like Dave K. I'm wondering what "less comfortable ride" means. However, it may also be worth defining what "solid secondary stability" means. Secondary stability really doesn't have anything to do with staying vertical but is more the amount of resistance to a complete capsize when the hull is "on edge". From paddling lot of different boats I find that how far one edges the boat to get to a secondary stability point varies greatly. I also find that the transition from a primary stability point to a secondary point can be even of greater importance than how "solid" the secondary stability is once you get there. It's especially noticeable in a hard chined boat where the primary stability feels a bit twitchy, but once the boat is edged way over it feels stable. On my soft chined VCP Skerray it feels since and stable sitting vertical and feels like it transitions to it's secondary stability point gradually. Finally, I've paddled some boats don't take much of an edge to get to a solid secondary point, but the boat can edge past it easily and unless you've got a good brace, there's nothing left to prevent a complete capsize. *************************************************************************** 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 May 09 2005 - 11:15:24 PDT
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