On Mar 11, 2007, at 6:20 PM, Doug Lloyd wrote: > I kinda figured what paddlers and historians were referring to was > that the Baidarka hull probably displaced significantly less water > than other native craft. A 135# paddler in a 30# boat is going to displace 165# of water no matter what the shape of the hull. This is the basic definition of displacement as determined by Archimedes. Obviously, a traditional craft built more lightly will displace less and any boat carrying authentic Canadian ballast stones will displace more, but there is nothing inherent in the hull shape of a baidarka that allows it to displace any less water than any other native craft. A coracle will displace exactly as much water as a baidarka of the same weight. Ncik 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 Mon Mar 12 2007 - 06:16:43 PDT
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