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Date: 2/12/2014, 5:08 am
Can this attribute be used to compare boat designs for turning ability? If I look at the S&G Night Heron, which I think of as having a fair amount of rocker, I see that it has a LPC of 0.68. The Mystery has a LPC of 0.64 - yet it looks like it would be harder to steer without a rudder.
Maybe I missed the thread, but I'm wondering if there's some kind of measure that compares turning ability (without a rudder) among various boat designs. I always thought this was what one referred to as "rocker."
Thanks in advance.
Emile
>>>"Lateral Plane Coefficient"... is the area of the lateral plane divided by the LWL times the Draft... A Lateral Plane Coefficient of 1 is no rocker, lower numbers indicate more rocker and 0.5 is a huge amount of rocker.
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 8/21/2012, 3:48 pm- Re: Review: Rocker, considered
Etienne Muller -- 8/21/2012, 4:07 pm- Re: Review: Rocker, considered
John Abercrombie -- 8/21/2012, 4:50 pm- Re: Review: Rocker, considered
PatrickC -- 8/21/2012, 6:13 pm- Re: Review: Rocker, considered
Etienne Muller -- 8/21/2012, 6:59 pm- Re: Review: Rocker, considered
Jeff Horton -- 8/21/2012, 7:17 pm- Re: Review: Rocker, considered
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 8/21/2012, 7:41 pm- Re: Review: Rocker, considered
Ken Blanton -- 8/21/2012, 10:34 pm- Re: Review: Rocker, considered
Mike Bielski -- 8/22/2012, 12:11 am- Re: Review: Rocker, considered
Etienne Muller -- 8/22/2012, 4:31 am - Re: Review: Rocker, considered
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Will Nettles -- 8/21/2012, 9:03 pm- Re: Review: Rocker, considered
Mike Bielski -- 8/22/2012, 12:12 am- Re: Review: Rocker, considered
Bill Hamm -- 8/22/2012, 12:45 am- Re: Review: Rocker, considered
Allan -- 8/22/2012, 1:32 am - Re: Review: Rocker, considered
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Jay Babina -- 8/22/2012, 8:06 am- Re: Review: Rocker, considered
Mike Bielski -- 8/22/2012, 8:59 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/22/2012, 8:57 am- Re: Review: Rocker, considered
Emile Zen -- 2/12/2014, 5:08 am- Re: Review: Rocker, considered
Allan -- 2/12/2014, 5:54 am- Rocker, considered 2014
Jay Babina -- 2/13/2014, 8:16 am - Rocker, considered 2014
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Reg Lake -- 2/12/2014, 3:17 pm - Re: Review: Rocker, considered
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/22/2012, 10:06 am- Re: Review: Rocker, considered
ancient kayaker -- 8/22/2012, 2:09 pm - Re: Review: Rocker, considered
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