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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Rocker for Blandford designs?
By:Malcolm Schweizer
Date: 8/23/2013, 9:18 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Rocker for Blandford designs? (Robert Terry )

Adding rocker will help maneuverability but kayaks are horrible sailing vessels anyway. Hard to quantify how much it will help. What you really want is TRacking- ability to hold a line and offset the urge to drift sideways or weathercock/Leecock as opposed to tacking ability. So it's 6 of one, half a dozen of the other. With kayak sailing you usually will help through a tack anyway.

Changing rocker also changes volume below the waterline. It may be better to find an ocean double with more rocker.

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Skin-on-Frame: Rocker for Blandford designs?
Robert Terry -- 8/23/2013, 9:07 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/23/2013, 9:18 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 8/23/2013, 12:51 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 8/23/2013, 12:55 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 8/23/2013, 5:49 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 8/23/2013, 7:45 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 8/23/2013, 8:35 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 8/24/2013, 7:57 am
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Thor -- 8/24/2013, 10:49 am
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Jeff Horton -- 8/24/2013, 5:20 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/24/2013, 6:51 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/24/2013, 11:18 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/24/2013, 11:05 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 8/24/2013, 11:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/25/2013, 2:05 am
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Etienne Muller -- 8/24/2013, 12:40 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 8/24/2013, 1:47 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 8/24/2013, 6:35 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/25/2013, 2:09 am