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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with boat stability!!
By:Jeff Horton
Date: 1/25/2012, 4:30 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with boat stability!! (Robert Livingston)

I dare say that hull shape has more to do with (initial) stability than width. I would agree that in most mass produced consumer boats wider is more stable because they all use a very similar hull shape. You can draw up to boat with the same waterline width but one is rounded bottom and one is flat bottomed and flat bottom is going to feel more stable.

A perfectly round shape 24" wide will be extremely unstable, I dare most of us could not keep it upright, but it you could keep it upright it would be very fast.

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Skin-on-Frame: Help with boat stability!!
Aaron McConnell -- 1/14/2012, 1:38 am
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Aaron McConnell -- 1/14/2012, 3:45 am
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Dave Gentry -- 1/14/2012, 8:47 am
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ancient kayaker -- 1/27/2012, 10:52 am
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Don Goss -- 1/14/2012, 5:10 pm
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West -- 1/14/2012, 7:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/15/2012, 4:36 am
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Al Edie -- 1/21/2012, 1:00 pm
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Allan -- 1/21/2012, 3:22 pm
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Robert Livingston -- 1/25/2012, 2:04 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/25/2012, 7:41 am
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Jeff Horton -- 1/25/2012, 4:30 pm
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Robert Livingston -- 1/26/2012, 1:56 am
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Jeff Horton -- 1/26/2012, 3:14 pm
WOOPS!
Jeff Horton -- 1/26/2012, 4:39 pm
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Robert Livingston -- 1/26/2012, 9:20 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with boat stability!! *PIC*
Jeff Horton -- 1/26/2012, 10:30 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Help with boat stability!! *PIC*
Jeff Horton -- 1/26/2012, 10:32 pm
Got my images backwards *NM*
Jeff Horton -- 1/26/2012, 10:34 pm
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Robert Livingston -- 1/27/2012, 1:03 am
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Robert Livingston -- 1/27/2012, 2:03 am
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Jeff Horton -- 1/27/2012, 6:56 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/27/2012, 8:11 am