[Paddlewise] "Secondary stability"

Matt asks where the term comes from and when.

I can remember a sales person from a caaone shop in Ontario talking about 
secondary stability back around 1979. He sold Sawyer Canoes . I suspect the 
term just evolved as a sales device. (Do I hear Nick's teeth grating :-) )

I never liked it but just could not get builders of my boats to quit using 
it so I gave up. nealer told me it was just too difficult to explain 
stability curves etc.

Cheers

John Winters
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