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Re: Hull shape and crispness of leaned turns
Posted By: Ellis Andersen In Response To: Hull shape and crispness of leaned turns (Jan Gunnar Moe)
Date: Wednesday, 16 June 1999, at 8:28 p.m.
> What follows is pure speculations, to be corrected if wrong:
> I would believe that leaned turns with 22" wide CLC North Bay XL will
> be crisper than with standard 20" wide and same length CLC North Bay,
> due to the more curved hard chines.> For same reason I believe that leaned turns with wider and shorter CLC
> Chesapeak 17 and Pygmy Arctic Tern will be even crisper, for the same
> reason.> Then again, believing that hard chines in back of hull is what is most
> important for crisp leaned turns, I could theoretically try to compare
> Arctic Tern with Chesapeak - if I knew their hulls well enough.> Well, I don't. But the Arctic Tern may seem to be slightly more
> symmetrical or even a tiny bit swede form, while Chesapeak may seem to be
> slightly fish form. So one should maybe guess that if rocker and sharpness
> of chines and cockpit placement relative to buoyance center were the same
> the Arctic Tern might carve sharper turns than the Chesapeak. But here I
> see that speculations dominate, so not even an unqualified guess will be
> given.> Well: Is crisp leaned turns that important? Probably not. I am just trying
> to increase my understanding about what design properties will give what
> behavior.> Jan Gunnar
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