From: Todd Schlemmer <toddsch@microsoft.com>
To: "'baidarka@lists.intelenet.net'" <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
Subject: RE: Skin Boat and Hard-shell
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 10:06:21 -0800
Has anyone (God forbid I suggest this...) ever pulled a mold off of a skin
boat and made fiberglass bidarkas with the same lines? The weight
distribution could probably be adjusted comparably.
Sea Kayaker used to perform tank tests; do they still?
just idle curiousity... sounds like an elaborate and expensive experiment.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig O'Donnell [SMTP:dadadata@friend.ly.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 1997 8:06 AM
> To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
> Subject: Re: Skin Boat and Hard-shell
>
> >I guess a reputable test is impossible for there is no way to make a hard
> >shell boat and a skin boat have the exact same lines weight and shape.
> They
> >are just two different creatures.
>
> I think John said "repeatable" test.
>
> Don't wanna sound like a Nerd, but there are statistical methods that
> could
> bring some illumination on the subject, but they would require a lot of
> comparison trials (doesn't have to be the same 2 paddlers, but it would
> have to be the same 2 boats).
>
>
> Craig O'Donnell
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