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Re: Off Topic: Poor tracking Kayak
By:Charlie
Date: 8/27/2013, 10:44 am
In Response To: Re: Off Topic: Poor tracking Kayak (ark vander Horck)

Even if you get the boat to yaw less it's still going to yaw some. The hull is extremely short for flat water paddling. It is also going to be rather slow. Speed increases with waterline length but most paddlers don't care about that. They do care about GLIDE because it makes paddling easier. Glide is also related to waterline length. So your little kayak is going to require a little more labor to go from A to B.

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Off Topic: Poor tracking Kayak
Mark Vander Horck -- 8/26/2013, 1:56 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 8/26/2013, 6:54 pm
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Greg_H -- 8/26/2013, 11:58 pm
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Allan -- 8/27/2013, 7:09 pm
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Mark Vander Horck -- 8/28/2013, 12:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/27/2013, 3:37 am
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Etienne Muller -- 8/27/2013, 4:41 am
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Jay Babina -- 8/27/2013, 8:07 am
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Mike Bielski -- 8/27/2013, 9:43 am
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John Messinger -- 8/27/2013, 9:44 am
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ark vander Horck -- 8/27/2013, 10:18 am
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Sean Dawe -- 8/27/2013, 10:33 am
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Charlie -- 8/27/2013, 10:44 am
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Mark Vander Horck -- 8/28/2013, 1:11 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/28/2013, 3:03 pm
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Mark Vander Horck -- 8/29/2013, 12:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/29/2013, 3:05 pm
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Mark Vander Horck -- 8/29/2013, 4:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/29/2013, 4:22 pm
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Mark Vander Horck -- 8/29/2013, 7:52 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 9/5/2013, 6:53 am