From: Julio MacWilliams <juliom@cisco.com>
Message-Id: <199906030003.RAA05344@juliom-ss10.cisco.com>
Subject: Re: baidarka Soft Chine vs/ Hard Chine
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 17:03:41 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <iss.3c6.3755be75.64cbc.1@gold.tc.umn.edu> from "Philip Jacobs" at Jun 2, 99 06:30:00 pm
Do you mean the whole length of the gunwhales? Are the tip of the bow
and the tip of the stern underwater? That would be quite unusual, unless
you are paddling something close to a submarine.
You may have part of your cockpit underwater, but there is still some
freeboard out of the water near the bow and stern which keep your boat
from turning over. Those parts of the hull have a steep stability curve
due to their V shape; they start playing their role hardest when you
most need it.
- Julio
> > My boats tend to have very low sheerlines. It does not take much leaning to
> > get the "gunwal" in the water. I don't see how gunwale height relates to
> > stability. I can lean the boat well past the point where the gunwales are
> > wet without risking a capsize.
> > Nick