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S&G: Bow shape Does it make a difference? *Pic*
By:Kudzu
Date: 1/16/2008, 8:31 pm

Well my curiosity keeps me playing around. Started really looking close at the panel developments and found couple of minor problems with my design. Easy enough to fix. Even so I still ended up with an odd looking panel(s) but they seem to be correct.

I got to thinking and I revisited the flatter bottomed version. I decided to make another change to it and I lowered the chine where it meets the bow. With this change the panel development are much simpler. I would imagine construction is too.

Checking the Stability and Resistance there is only minor differences. I doubt I would be able to tell any difference in the two. I don't like the look at well, but so what? Once I am paddling it I can't see the bow much less the bottom. The boat will look basically the same on the water.

How it paddles is really what matters. So, is there any advantage of disadvantage of one design over the other?

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S&G: Bow shape Does it make a difference? *Pic*
Kudzu -- 1/16/2008, 8:31 pm
Re: S&G: Bow shape Does it make a difference?
LeeG -- 1/18/2008, 1:49 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/20/2008, 3:28 am
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LeeG -- 1/21/2008, 2:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/20/2008, 3:28 am
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LeeG -- 1/18/2008, 1:44 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 1/17/2008, 10:18 pm
Re: S&G: Bow shape Does it make a difference?
Robert McMurray -- 1/17/2008, 11:20 pm
Re: S&G: Bow shape Does it make a difference?
Kudzu -- 1/18/2008, 8:07 am
Re: S&G: Bow shape Does it make a difference?
HenkA -- 1/17/2008, 8:45 pm
What about this?
Kudzu -- 1/17/2008, 8:49 am
Re: What about this?
Bill Hamm -- 1/17/2008, 7:52 pm
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Kris Buttermore -- 1/17/2008, 12:16 pm
Re: What about... Flat bottom vs V speeds
Toni V -- 1/20/2008, 7:50 am
Re: What about... Flat bottom vs V speeds
Kudzu -- 1/20/2008, 4:24 pm
Re: What about this?
HenkA -- 1/17/2008, 8:52 pm
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Kris Buttermore -- 1/22/2008, 2:32 pm
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HenkA -- 1/24/2008, 10:30 pm
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LeeG -- 1/18/2008, 1:59 pm
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Toni V -- 1/17/2008, 3:09 pm
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Kris Buttermore -- 1/22/2008, 2:19 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/23/2008, 2:23 am
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Kudzu -- 1/17/2008, 9:02 pm
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Allan Cole -- 1/17/2008, 7:08 pm
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Allan Cole -- 1/18/2008, 1:39 pm
FrreShip Flow line were useless. *NM*
Kudzu -- 1/17/2008, 2:55 pm
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Kudzu -- 1/17/2008, 1:37 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 1/17/2008, 5:43 pm
Re: S&G: Bow shape Does it make a difference?
Toni V -- 1/17/2008, 3:52 am
Re: S&G: Bow shape Does it make a difference?
Tom Simpson -- 1/18/2008, 7:05 pm
Re: S&G: Bow shape Does it make a difference?
Bill Hamm -- 1/17/2008, 1:42 am