Date: 1/18/2008, 5:18 am
: Btw, go paddle the Current Designs Caribou then decide. The ends are deep V
: shaped but the bottom in the middle is nearly flat. It's also an excellent
: offshore kayak.
: Bill H.
Hi Bill,
Using Paul excellent diagrams it would seem that the Caribou would be a compromise between the good and the bad when filling with water. The deep V ends filled with water ballast would hold the kayak upright but the water in the flat portion could shift to one side causing an over load of ballast to that side that might over ride the positive ballast in the ends. Then the ballast in the V ends would be spreading to the tipping side causing even more tipping. I'm not saying that is right but in my fuzzy thinking it seems to make sense.
John
Messages In This Thread
- Other: To V Or Not To V
Dave Reekie -- 1/7/2008, 4:51 am- Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom.
John Monroe -- 1/11/2008, 6:14 am- Re: Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom.
Bryan Hansel -- 1/18/2008, 8:56 am- Re: Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom.
John Monroe -- 1/19/2008, 4:49 am- Re: Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom. *LINK*
Bryan Hansel -- 1/19/2008, 9:30 pm- Re: Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom.
John Monroe -- 1/20/2008, 4:47 am- Re: Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom.
Kris Buttermore -- 1/22/2008, 1:28 pm- Re: Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom.
Bryan Hansel -- 1/20/2008, 7:07 pm - Re: Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom.
- Re: Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom.
- Re: Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom.
- Re: Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom. *LINK*
- Re: Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom.
Bill Hamm -- 1/17/2008, 8:10 pm- Re: Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom.
John Monroe -- 1/18/2008, 5:18 am
- Re: Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom.
Mike Savage -- 1/11/2008, 12:06 pm- Re: Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom.
John Monroe -- 1/12/2008, 4:14 am- Size matters with flat bottoms
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/12/2008, 4:15 pm- part 2 of above *Pic*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/15/2008, 1:07 am- Re: part 2 of above
John Monroe -- 1/18/2008, 5:04 am- Re: part 2 of above
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/18/2008, 6:25 pm
- Re: part 2 of above
- Re: part 2 of above
- part 2 of above *Pic*
- Size matters with flat bottoms
- Re: Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom.
- Re: Other: To V Or Not To V
Bill Hamm -- 1/8/2008, 5:34 am- it goes deeper than a deep V *Pic*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/7/2008, 10:42 pm- To V Or Not To V------WebKitFormBoundaryHGkfW3+5m+
Jay Babina------WebKitFormBoundaryHGkfW3+5m+ViUKBv -- 1/7/2008, 9:21 am- Re: To V Or Not To V------WebKitFormBoundaryHGkfW3
Bill Hamm -- 1/8/2008, 5:29 am- Re: To V Or Not To V------WebKitFormBoundaryHGkfW3 *LINK* *Pic*
Dave Reekie -- 1/7/2008, 9:43 am- Re: To V Or Not To V------WebKitFormBoundaryHGkfW3
Tom Simpson -- 1/9/2008, 3:28 am- Re: To V Or Not To V------WebKitFormBoundaryHGkfW3 *LINK* *Pic*
David Reekie -- 1/10/2008, 6:38 am- Re: To V Or Not To V------WebKitFormBoundaryHGkfW3
Tom Simpson -- 1/10/2008, 10:42 pm- Re: To V Or Not To V------WebKitFormBoundaryHGkfW3
David Reekie -- 1/16/2008, 3:53 am
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- V-hull or not
Jay Babina -- 1/7/2008, 10:21 am- Re: V-hull or not
Dave Reekie -- 1/7/2008, 12:18 pm- V-hull or not------WebKitFormBoundarygF0AAApM+kRZG
Jay Babina------WebKitFormBoundarygF0AAApM+kRZGKWR -- 1/7/2008, 12:29 pm- Re: V-hull or not------WebKitFormBoundarygF0AAApM+
Toni V -- 1/8/2008, 2:11 pm- Re: V-hull or not------WebKitFormBoundarygF0AAApM+
Mike Savage -- 1/8/2008, 6:46 pm
- Re: V-hull or not------WebKitFormBoundarygF0AAApM+
- Re: V-hull or not------WebKitFormBoundarygF0AAApM+
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- Re: Other: To V Or Not To V
skiffrace -- 1/7/2008, 8:04 am- Re: Other: To V Or Not To V
Dave Reekie -- 1/7/2008, 9:24 am- Re: Other: To V Or Not To V
skiffrace -- 1/7/2008, 9:53 am- Re: Other: To V Or Not To V
Dave Reekie -- 1/7/2008, 10:26 am- Re: Other: To V Or Not To V
Toni V -- 1/8/2008, 2:05 pm- Re: Other: To V Or Not To V
David Reekie -- 1/10/2008, 6:44 am
- Re: Other: To V Or Not To V
- Re: Other: To V Or Not To V
- Re: Other: To V Or Not To V
- Re: Other: To V Or Not To V
- Re: Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom.
- Why I wouldn't want a flat bottom.