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Re: Sail mast placement-Baidarka
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 1/3/2001, 9:34 am
In Response To: Re: Sail mast placement-Baidarka (timfish)

One trick is to cut out a piece of cardboard the shape of the boat below the waterline and find the balance point of the cardboard. This will correspond to the center of lateral resistance.

: There's probably a
: mathematical way to calculate the same thing based on displacement numbers
: and such, but damned if I know how to do that.

Messages In This Thread

Sail mast placement-Baidarka
Kevin Stout -- 12/30/2000, 4:14 pm
Re: Sail mast placement-Baidarka
timfish -- 1/2/2001, 10:32 pm
Re: Sail mast placement-Baidarka
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/3/2001, 9:34 am