On Aug 14, 2007, at 5:32 PM, Paul Montgomery wrote: > Good points Nick. Although the bifid bow does not ride in the water, > it looks like to me that the bow would disseminate water faster in a > heavy sea than a straight bow. Able to recover from a dig in faster. > Again, not a controlled test, just a hunch. I just have a feeling > that all of the extra work that went into that bow was for anything > but function. Or maybe I just WANT to believe that. Even "Function" has a wide range of possibilities. For example during hunting maybe the bow made a noise they found useful. Since the original user had a lot needs which we do not, whatever function it may have had may be hard for us to recognize. 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 Wed Aug 15 2007 - 05:58:44 PDT
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