Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 14:19:14 -0600
From: Wolfgang Brinck <wolfgang.brinck@hksystems.com>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: Skin Boat and Hard-shell
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Todd Schlemmer wrote:
> 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
> > The Proa FAQ <http://www.cyber-dyne.com/~jkohnen/proafaq.html>
> > The Cheap Pages
> > <http://www.friend.ly.net/user-homepages/d/dadadata/>
> > _________________________________
> >
> > -- Professor of Boatology
> > -- Junkomologist
> > -- Macintosh kinda guy
> > I sure miss my cat, Wanda.
> > _________________________________
> >
John Brand of the UK, also author of little kayak books I, II and III has
built fiberglass replicas of
many of the boats he has surveyed over the years. His subjective impressions
can be found in these
books. I beliieve John Winters is distributing them.
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Todd Schlemmer wrote:
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
> The Proa FAQ
<http://www.cyber-dyne.com/~jkohnen/proafaq.html>
> The Cheap Pages
> <http://www.friend.ly.net/user-homepages/d/dadadata/>
> _________________________________
>
> -- Professor of Boatology
> -- Junkomologist
> -- Macintosh kinda guy
> I sure miss my cat,
Wanda.
> _________________________________
>
John Brand of the UK, also author of little kayak books I, II and
III has built fiberglass replicas of
many of the boats he has surveyed over the years. His subjective impressions
can be found in these
books. I beliieve John Winters is distributing them.
--
* * * .oOo.oOo.
wolfgang. /| * * * /| *
brinck@h / oo wolf o | *
ksystem / \ wolf / |
s.com / | wolf / | howlin' wolf
\ / | \ / | courtesy of
\/__\m \m \/__\m \m Larry Andrus
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