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Re: Stability
By:Mark Kanzler
Date: 7/29/1998, 1:56 pm
In Response To: Re: Stability (NPenney)

If we align the cat and the buttered toast with the feet and buttered sides of both downward we could achieve tertiary stability.

> It's interesting to me how different boats have very different
> personalities with both primary and secondary stability. I've paddled
> and ridden boats that were fine until tip time, and then would flip
> without hesitation or warning. Others would tip over and then feel
> like they'd hit the floor, becoming very hardened in the water.

> I've often wondered about secondary stability and deck shape
> as it relates to righting an upside down kayak. Haven't investigated
> it, nor have I rolled enough kayaks to speak on it, but I have wondered
> about it. It would be most annoying I suspect to have a kayak with
> superb secondary stability when inverted.

Messages In This Thread

Size: they say it's not important.
Zax -- 7/28/1998, 12:07 am
Re: Size: they say it's not important.
Paul Stomski -- 7/27/1998, 4:03 pm
Kids needed a bath?
Nick Schade -- 7/27/1998, 8:14 pm
Re: Kids needed a bath?
Paul Stomski -- 7/27/1998, 10:20 pm
Re: Stability
Nick Schade -- 7/28/1998, 7:40 pm
Re: Stability
NPenney -- 7/29/1998, 10:08 am
Re: Stability
Mark Kanzler -- 7/29/1998, 1:56 pm
Re: Stability
Martin Foil -- 7/31/1998, 5:15 pm
Re: Stability
Mark Kanzler -- 8/4/1998, 5:04 pm
Re: Stability
Martin Foil -- 8/4/1998, 5:40 pm
Re: Stability
Mark Kanzler -- 8/4/1998, 6:51 pm
Re: Stability
Rick C. -- 7/30/1998, 1:25 am
Re: Kids needed a bath?
Mark Kanzler -- 7/28/1998, 11:00 am
Re: Kids needed a bath?
Martin Foil -- 7/28/1998, 10:55 am
Re: Size: they say it's not important.
Mark Kanzler -- 7/27/1998, 5:08 pm
Re: Size: they say it's not important.
CHad -- 7/27/1998, 2:25 pm
Re: Size: they say it's not important.
Ross Leidy -- 7/28/1998, 12:16 am