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Re: Classifying boats... epitomeofred New
Date: Aug 07 2008, 15:58 GMT
From: DavidWeber

	Kayaks are classified based on their design goals and how the volume and lines accomplish that goal relative to the size and shape of the person paddling the boat. Generally speaking... Creekboats: High volume and rounded chines are used to keep the boat on the surface of the water and responding predictably to hitting rocks. E.g. - Riot Magnum Playboats -      Aerial (Butt-Bouncer): Flat hull with stern kick-rocker which creates "stern suction" to allow the boater to be dragged to the crest of a wave, initiate a bounce and perform aerial moves. E.g. Bliss-Stick Smoothy.      River Surfer: Flat hull with progressive stern rocker for minimal drag gives the boater maximum carving ability. E.g. Fluid Element      Squirtboat: Low volume for sub-surface shenanigans. E.g. Whirld And then there's a lot of general-purpose boats (slalom, wildwater, river-play, river-runner) that are basically there to get you down the river with some emphasis on a specific characteristic (say, speed or some playability or safety or whatever). The Corsica would be considered a general purpose boat these days - it's not specialized enough to put into a specific category. It will get you down a river well enough, but you really couldn't call it a creekboat or a playboat because those terms didn't really exist yet when the boat was made.

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Well explained, Great read. <NT> Dave_ New

Thanks! epitomeofred New

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