Re: [Paddlewise] Secondary stability?

From: Michael Daly <mikedaly_at_magma.ca>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 17:29:17 -0400
On 18 May 2005 at 17:01, Nick Schade wrote:

> tertiary stability is the tendency of an 
> inverted kayak to stay inverted and is measured in the minutes a 
> kayaker must hold his breath before he is able deploy a crotch 
> dirigible and effect a self rescue.

Naahh - that's quaternary stability.  Tertiary stability refers to 
the ease with which a person can do a balance brace in a particular 
kayak.

So primary is 12 o'clock, secondary is between 12 and 3, tertiary is 
3 o'clock and quaternary is 6 o'clock.  We're running out of time to 
define any others.

Mike
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