On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:39:11 GMT, !Jones wrote:

On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 00:04:15 -0600, in rec.boats.paddle Hanta-Yo-Yo
wrote:


Amas spell sponsons for a lot of folks who had to endure the
enthusiasm of a particular sponson inventor, who tried to get
legislation passed such that all small boats would have to use his
product.

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Wow! Good idea! (Why didn't *I* think of that?)

Thanks for the reply. I'll look up "sponsons" and see what they are.
Obviously, they wouldn't be for everybody. "One size fits all" only
works for a mass burial.

I didn't know they shifted the mast! We've just taken delivery of the
Hobie, so we haven't sailed her much. Actually, my wife has her hand
in a cast from corrective surgery for the next few weeks, so that's
crimping our paddling at the moment; you shouldn't get the cast wet.

Jones

I just sold my H16, but they are a great example of a hull with a
flying ama, depending on which way you are headed in reference to the
wind. Properly designed, and understood, you can sail faster than the
wind, but not the best for paddling, which is what this group is
really about, and so amas, and sponsons in regards to sailing, quickly
become OT on RBP! Which is probably another reason why others on this
group prefer not to get involved in this discussion. The use of amas,
on an aboriginal round bottomed paddled dugout canoe in order to
achieve some initial stability is one thing. The use of sponsons on a
modern displacement hull inorder to achieve excessive and undesirable
initial stability, is a completely different subject.

Take this to the sailing groups, and you will get a more welcome
response! HYY