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Re: S&G: analyze/critique this S&G hull/profile
By:Wayne
Date: 8/30/2011, 4:24 pm

: At this point I'd hazard a guess that it'll be a very straight
: tracking boat(doesn't look to have much rocker), with very high
: (for it's beam) primary stability and likely fairly slow (for
: it's overall length) with the huge overhangs.

: Bill H.

It does track very well, and it responds well to leaning. It actually seems quite quick to me, but it fits me like a glove-better than any other kayak I've had. I have not quantified this at all, it just seems I get from A to B quite quickly and it feels like no energy is wasted.

I've always been struck by the slab side of the design, and never liked it from an aesthetic standpoint. I"m guessing it was an unavoidable consequence of making the chines so wide apart. Possibly the designer had cargo capacity in mind when he designed it. But thats the main feature that strikes me as odd, is that chine width (and how far that wideness is carried out to the ends) and accompanying near-vertical sides.

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Wayne -- 8/29/2011, 8:11 pm
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Wayne -- 8/29/2011, 8:13 pm
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Wayne -- 8/29/2011, 8:14 pm
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Wayne -- 8/29/2011, 8:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/30/2011, 3:11 am
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Bob Johns -- 8/30/2011, 4:26 am
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Wayne -- 8/30/2011, 11:17 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/30/2011, 12:53 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 8/30/2011, 10:25 am
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Wayne -- 9/1/2011, 10:29 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 9/1/2011, 11:48 am
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Wayne -- 9/3/2011, 9:35 pm
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Wayne -- 9/3/2011, 9:36 pm
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Wayne -- 8/30/2011, 11:05 am
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Wayne -- 8/30/2011, 11:06 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/30/2011, 12:58 pm
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Wayne -- 8/30/2011, 4:24 pm
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Donovan -- 9/2/2011, 7:57 pm
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Wayne -- 9/3/2011, 10:17 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/4/2011, 1:55 am
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Wayne -- 9/4/2011, 7:31 am