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The term you're looking for is "sheer"
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Gunwale Angle Questions (Chris Moore)
Increasing the the gunwale angle increases the amount of sheer you'll get when you pull the gunwales together. Rocker is not necessarily related, as it is controlled by the shape of the ribs (primarily the depth). It's possible to build a kayak with a lot of sheer and no rocker, or vice-versa.
Messages In This Thread
- Skin-on-Frame: Gunwale Angle Questions
Chip Sandresky -- 10/14/2003, 2:44 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: Gunwale Angle Questions
Brian Nystrom -- 10/15/2003, 1:24 pm- Re: Skin-on-Frame: Gunwale Angle Questions
Jay Babina -- 10/15/2003, 10:19 am- Re: Skin-on-Frame: Gunwale Angle Questions
Chris Moore -- 10/15/2003, 12:45 am- The term you're looking for is "sheer"
Brian Nystrom -- 10/15/2003, 12:59 pm
- Re: Strip: more pics of first boat
Peter Robinson -- 10/14/2003, 10:29 pm- General thoughts
West -- 10/14/2003, 3:56 pm - Re: Skin-on-Frame: Gunwale Angle Questions
- Re: Skin-on-Frame: Gunwale Angle Questions
