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Placebo effect, perhaps?
By:skiffrace
Date: 4/27/2009, 3:02 pm

There were studies of rowing shells indicating that for the same hull dimensions there is little difference in speed between hard and soft chines (S&G vs stripper)- forgot the author but I think it is somewhere on the Wooden Boat site.
One might guess that there may be slight difference in leaned turning and stability to the advantage of S&G hard chines.
Am I missing anything here ??

: The difference was liking the S&G and loving the strip version. The stripper
: just felt like a better fit overall and seemed to glide seamlessly while
: something just did not suit me about the S&G. This is only my opinion and
: I cannot pinpoint what is different, I just know it felt different having
: the two side by side to compare, your results may vary.

: Kinda like a Chevy and a Cadillac, same chassis with one more luxurious and
: refined

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Night Heron Kudos
danp -- 4/24/2009, 9:22 pm
What was the difference between the two NH's?
Robert N Pruden -- 4/27/2009, 12:26 pm
Re: What was the difference between the two NH's?
Ivan Schwartz -- 4/28/2009, 12:35 pm
Thanks for all the comments...
Robert N Pruden -- 4/28/2009, 2:58 pm
Found the links
David Woodham -- 4/28/2009, 3:19 pm
Re: What was the difference between the two NH's?
David Woodham -- 4/28/2009, 1:12 am
Re: What was the difference between the two NH's?
danp -- 4/27/2009, 1:03 pm
Placebo effect, perhaps?
skiffrace -- 4/27/2009, 3:02 pm
Re: Placebo effect, perhaps?
danp -- 4/27/2009, 9:01 pm