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Re: Review: Rocker, considered
By:Reg Lake
Date: 2/12/2014, 3:17 pm
In Response To: Re: Review: Rocker, considered *PIC* (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

One reason "full length waterlines" are a good thing in racing is because many races have boat specifications that limit the overall length of the boat. For speed, long waterlines are desired. If you can only have a boat that is 20' long then you want a waterline that is as close to 20' as possible, thus you end up with plumb ends. However, if you look at race designs many of them have relatively low Lateral Plane Coefficents, i.e. even if they have plumb ends, they still have a lot of rocker.

I recognize that this is a reopened thread. I just can't shake the thought.
My thinking is that racing craft factor in the natural wave making of a hull and design to run parallel to the curvature of the wave surface. Valid?

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Review: Rocker, considered
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 8/21/2012, 3:48 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 8/21/2012, 4:07 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 8/21/2012, 4:50 pm
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PatrickC -- 8/21/2012, 6:13 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 8/21/2012, 6:59 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 8/21/2012, 7:17 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 8/21/2012, 7:41 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 8/21/2012, 10:34 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 8/22/2012, 12:11 am
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Etienne Muller -- 8/22/2012, 4:31 am
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Will Nettles -- 8/21/2012, 9:03 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 8/22/2012, 12:12 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/22/2012, 12:45 am
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Allan -- 8/22/2012, 1:32 am
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Jay Babina -- 8/22/2012, 8:06 am
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Mike Bielski -- 8/22/2012, 8:59 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/22/2012, 8:57 am
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Emile Zen -- 2/12/2014, 5:08 am
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Allan -- 2/12/2014, 5:54 am
Rocker, considered 2014
Jay Babina -- 2/13/2014, 8:16 am
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Reg Lake -- 2/12/2014, 3:17 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/22/2012, 10:06 am
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ancient kayaker -- 8/22/2012, 2:09 pm