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Re: Seeking: Half entrance angle
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 8/19/2009, 1:05 am
In Response To: Re: Seeking: Half entrance angle (Kudzu)

: I know that, just making a point. Apparently fine ends have less resistance.
: They also can go through waves instead of being lifted over them.

: Curlew is rather fine ended. The worst I would be out in here is probably 3'
: chop and only if caught in a storm. Rarely we get bigger waves but it
: takes STRONG winds. I was concerned it would try to go through instead of
: over but I was very pleased with the way it performed in a storm waves.
: There was just enough flare at the deck to lift it over nearly ever wave.
: Very little water over the deck to my surprise.

Kinda like my catamaran kayak, the individual angles are like 3 degrees. That angle obviously couldn't work on a conventional kayak unless it was about 40' long .

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Seeking: Half entrance angle *Pic*
Kudzu -- 8/16/2009, 5:07 pm
Re: Seeking: Half entrance angle
Bill Hamm -- 8/17/2009, 12:23 am
Re: Seeking: Half entrance angle
Kudzu -- 8/18/2009, 12:02 pm
Re: Seeking: Half entrance angle
Bill Hamm -- 8/19/2009, 1:05 am
Re: Seeking: Half entrance angle
Kudzu -- 8/19/2009, 7:25 am
Re: Seeking: Half entrance angle
Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2009, 12:51 am
Re: Seeking: Half entrance angle
Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2009, 12:52 am
Re: Seeking: Half entrance angle
Terry Haines -- 8/18/2009, 12:54 pm
Where did the picture come from??
Kudzu -- 8/16/2009, 10:21 pm
Re: Where did the picture come from??
Gary Kvasnicka -- 8/18/2009, 9:00 pm
Re: Where did the picture come from??
Kudzu -- 8/19/2009, 7:21 am
Re: Where did the picture come from??
Bill Hamm -- 8/17/2009, 12:24 am
Re: Where did the picture come from??
Robert N Pruden -- 8/17/2009, 9:08 am
Re: Where did the picture come from?? *Pic*
Kudzu -- 8/18/2009, 12:04 pm
Re: Where did the picture come from??
Robert N Pruden -- 8/18/2009, 12:28 pm