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Re: Strip: Impact of Color on Kayak Performance
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 10/19/2016, 5:33 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: ideal strip width (not thickness) (Etienne Muller)

Pinstripes make a boat go faster on the water.

This is a little known fact, but color can also impact boat speed as well as other performance criteria. Here is an interesting article on this effect that should be more prominently utilized:

https://web.archive.org/web/20051221203558/http://maineislandkayak.com/pdf/lib_boatcolor.pdf

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Strip: ideal strip width (not thickness)
Steve Solomon -- 10/19/2016, 2:20 pm
Re: Strip: ideal strip width (not thickness)
Steve Solomon -- 10/19/2016, 4:27 pm
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anewhouse -- 10/19/2016, 4:34 pm
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anewhouse -- 10/19/2016, 4:30 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 10/19/2016, 4:59 pm
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Bob Borovicka -- 10/19/2016, 5:16 pm
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anewhouse -- 10/19/2016, 5:19 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/19/2016, 4:41 pm
Re: Strip: ideal strip width (not thickness)
Dan Thaler -- 10/19/2016, 5:20 pm
Re: Strip: Impact of Color on Kayak Performance
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/19/2016, 5:33 pm
Re: Strip: Impact of Color on Kayak Performance
Dan Thaler -- 10/20/2016, 6:42 am
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fadedred -- 10/20/2016, 10:42 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/20/2016, 12:01 pm
Re: Strip: ideal strip width (not thickness)
Marc Upchurch -- 10/19/2016, 5:49 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 10/19/2016, 6:22 pm
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upchurchmr -- 10/19/2016, 7:35 pm
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Olli -- 10/19/2016, 7:51 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/20/2016, 4:54 am
Re: Strip: ideal strip width (not thickness) *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 10/20/2016, 5:24 am
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jaybabina -- 10/20/2016, 3:06 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/20/2016, 4:15 pm
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jaybabina -- 10/21/2016, 4:29 pm
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jaybabina -- 10/20/2016, 3:03 pm