Subject: Re: [baidarka] Locating the MAE-593-76 cockpit
From: Tom Yost (tom_yost@msn.com)
Date: Thu Jan 16 2003 - 16:35:13 EST
Hi Wolfgang
> One thing that occurred to me when looking at the photo in the link is
> that resting trim isn't necessarily the same as cruising trim. A boat
> that looks perfectly trimmed when sitting still may not be ideally
> trimmed when at speed.
I agree, the pic shows the stern heavy kayak at rest,
it gets worse at it speeds up. A little ballast up front
helped a lot.
>
>if need be, slit the seams, move deck beams and resew.
I'm trying to visualize sawing open my woodstrip. Not a pretty picture.
Thanks again for your comments,
Tom
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