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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with boat stability!!
By:Allan
Date: 1/21/2012, 3:22 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with boat stability!! (Al Edie)

Have a look at this post on the Blue Heron Kayaks Forum to see just how much difference some factors other than width can make.

http://www.blueheronkayaks.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1825#p17806

It shows that it is possible for two kayaks to be the same width, but for one to have four times as much righting moment as the other.

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Skin-on-Frame: Help with boat stability!!
Aaron McConnell -- 1/14/2012, 1:38 am
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Aaron McConnell -- 1/14/2012, 3:45 am
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Dave Gentry -- 1/14/2012, 8:47 am
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ancient kayaker -- 1/27/2012, 10:52 am
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Don Goss -- 1/14/2012, 5:10 pm
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West -- 1/14/2012, 7:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/15/2012, 4:36 am
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Al Edie -- 1/21/2012, 1:00 pm
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Allan -- 1/21/2012, 3:22 pm
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Robert Livingston -- 1/25/2012, 2:04 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/25/2012, 7:41 am
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Jeff Horton -- 1/25/2012, 4:30 pm
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Robert Livingston -- 1/26/2012, 1:56 am
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Jeff Horton -- 1/26/2012, 3:14 pm
WOOPS!
Jeff Horton -- 1/26/2012, 4:39 pm
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Robert Livingston -- 1/26/2012, 9:20 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with boat stability!! *PIC*
Jeff Horton -- 1/26/2012, 10:30 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with boat stability!! *PIC*
Jeff Horton -- 1/26/2012, 10:32 pm
Got my images backwards *NM*
Jeff Horton -- 1/26/2012, 10:34 pm
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Robert Livingston -- 1/27/2012, 1:03 am
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Robert Livingston -- 1/27/2012, 2:03 am
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Jeff Horton -- 1/27/2012, 6:56 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/27/2012, 8:11 am