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sponsons really work! (BS)
.....oooh Timmy's back! Wheeeee! Just as fall set's in, the rat's try
getting back into the barn. Well good luck getting rid of the little critter again. Craig PS. Glad to see you running the world's worst marketing campaign again Tim! Your dad (Ralph Nader) really should have used a better quality condom. |
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sponsons really work! (BS)
no BS. I put sponsons on a 7.5 ft sailboat. Keep them above the waterline
where they don't add to hull resistance through the water. Without teh sponsons I'd never get back into the boat after a cpasize. Craig Smerda ) writes: ....oooh Timmy's back! Wheeeee! Just as fall set's in, the rat's try getting back into the barn. Well good luck getting rid of the little critter again. Craig PS. Glad to see you running the world's worst marketing campaign again Tim! Your dad (Ralph Nader) really should have used a better quality condom. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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Mary Malmros wrote in message ...
(William R. Watt) writes: no BS. I put sponsons on a 7.5 ft sailboat. Keep them above the waterline where they don't add to hull resistance through the water. Without teh sponsons I'd never get back into the boat after a cpasize. You MUST be kidding. I could right a Sailfish on my own when I was six years old. Okay, it took a little work, but... Wow, impressive... But he did not say anything about righting a boat, he said he wanted to re-enter the boat. Not everyone here is a olypmic star or was raised in boats.. BTW, according to what I know, William was... and although he may not be a 35 yo buff, X generation, global jaunting, look at me, only the best equipment type guy, there is actually a possibility he has spent more time in smallboats than even you! Sometimes you folks here need to remember, it is still a paddling group and there are more than just WW paddlers posting here and some of us just want to make things easier for ourselves so our fun, is not so much work. Scotty from SmallBoats.com |
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Oci-One Kanubi wrote:
(William R. Watt) typed (perhaps without thinking?): no BS. I put sponsons on a 7.5 ft sailboat. Keep them above the waterline where they don't add to hull resistance through the water. Without teh sponsons I'd never get back into the boat after a cpasize. Craig Smerda ) writes: ....oooh Timmy's back! Wheeeee! Just as fall set's in, the rat's try getting back into the barn. Well good luck getting rid of the little critter again. Ditto Mary's experience, sort of. I can remember, when I was in first or second grade, my dad and me righting a capsized Penguin-class dinghy (11'5"). It does depend a lot on the design of the boat. Boats like the Sunfish are trivial to get back on since they hardly take on any water when capsized. The small sailing dinghies I've used are only a little harder, but they all had flotation installed under the seats on the sides of the cockpit which acted as internal sponsons when swamped. OTOH, someone had converted an old rowboat for sailing which only had a little flotation - mainly in the bow and stern. When swamped it had barely enough stability to stay upright by itself and promptly rolled over if anyone tried to get back in. Additional sponsons would have been useful with that design. 'Course, my dad was a sailor; it's obvious that you ain't. On the other hand, no-one in this forum, to my knowlege, has ever said that it is unreasonable to choose sponsons as part of yer emergency kit; we don't say sponsons are utterly worthless, we say that mandating their usage is foolish and that the safety and rescue programs that the lunatic rants against are a more effective way to save lives. ... Whereas, under a controlled training program, the degree of exposure is increased only gradually, concomitantly with the increase in the skill and experience needed to deal with the inevitable problems. The first seakayaking self-rescue class I took involved training in the use of both paddle-floats and inflatable sponsons. My impression is that sponsons are included less frequently these days, probably largely as a result of Tim's rather acerbic 'sales technique'. It's unfortunate since I do believe there are situations in seakayaking where sponsons are a good device to have available. |
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On 26-Aug-2003, Peter wrote:
Additional sponsons would have been useful with that design. A better design sounds like a solution. Patching a bad design with sponsons is not a solution. Timmy's approach is to patch bad combinations of inexperienced paddlers and the wrong conditions. Proper education and experience with good equipment make more sense. I tackle tougher conditions than most of the paddlers I know. My kayak has very low initial stability (high secondary). I have never flipped over unless I wanted to. My rolls are about as bombproof as I can get. Even if I lost my paddle and spare, a paddle float is faster to inflate and I could easily roll up with it on my hand. What would I want sponsons for? Mike |
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sponsons really work! (BS)
Michael Daly wrote: On 26-Aug-2003, Peter wrote: The small sailing dinghies I've used are only a little harder, but they all had flotation installed under the seats on the sides of the cockpit which acted as internal sponsons when swamped. OTOH, someone had converted an old rowboat for sailing which only had a little flotation - mainly in the bow and stern. ... Additional sponsons would have been useful with that design. A better design sounds like a solution. Patching a bad design with sponsons is not a solution. As I pointed out before, the better design for sailing dinghies already includes flotation that acts as sponsons when the cockpit is flooded. Putting in those sponson-like flotation chambers was a solution. Timmy's approach is to patch bad combinations of inexperienced paddlers and the wrong conditions. Proper education and experience with good equipment make more sense. I tackle tougher conditions than most of the paddlers I know. My kayak has very low initial stability (high secondary). I have never flipped over unless I wanted to. My rolls are about as bombproof as I can get. Even if I lost my paddle and spare, a paddle float is faster to inflate and I could easily roll up with it on my hand. What would I want sponsons for? You, or someone with you, is incapacitated (i.e. incapable of balancing and/or bracing for stability) and you're far from shore. Putting sponsons on the boat with the incapacitated person would allow the other paddler to tow them to safety. Without sponsons I'd juryrig a paddle with a pair of paddle floats to act as outriggers, but I'd expect the result to be harder to tow and not as secure as properly designed sponsons. |
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Mary Malmros wrote in message ...
(Backyard Renegade) writes: Mary Malmros wrote in message ... (William R. Watt) writes: no BS. I put sponsons on a 7.5 ft sailboat. Keep them above the waterline where they don't add to hull resistance through the water. Without teh sponsons I'd never get back into the boat after a cpasize. You MUST be kidding. I could right a Sailfish on my own when I was six years old. Okay, it took a little work, but... Wow, impressive... Not really. It's not that hard -- that's kind of the point. But he did not say anything about righting a boat, he said he wanted to re-enter the boat. And leave it upside down, hmm? They sail real good that way ;-) If you, or he, knows a way to re-enter and roll a sailboat with the sails still on it, I'm prepared to genuflect in awe. Not everyone here is a olypmic star or was raised in boats.. Add me to the "not everyone". Never an Olympic star or even an Olympic jock-washer. BTW, according to what I know, William was... and although he may not be a 35 yo buff, X generation, global jaunting, look at me, only the best equipment type guy, there is actually a possibility he has spent more time in smallboats than even you! Sure it's a possibility. So who said otherwise? Sometimes you folks here need to remember, it is still a paddling group and there are more than just WW paddlers posting here and some of us just want to make things easier for ourselves so our fun, is not so much work. And sometimes you folks that are listing strongly to one side need to get yourselves a crane and remove that mountain-sized chip from your shoulder. Nothing personal Mary, have never doubted your abilities or avoided your posts as I can learn from them. The only chip I have here is brought on by the thrashing newbies with different ideas take when trying to post or gain information from this group, I have watched several get trashed over time for just asking a question. And the thrashings always seem to come from the same camp... Scotty Buy all the sponsons you want, and festoon your car with 'em if you choose. My comment was simply because I'm danged if I can see why they'd be necessary to get back in a capsized 7.5 foot sailboat. I still don't see why, and I don't think you've given me any more information on that. |
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On 26-Aug-2003, Peter wrote:
You, or someone with you, is incapacitated (i.e. incapable of balancing and/or bracing for stability) and you're far from shore. Putting sponsons on the boat with the incapacitated person would allow the other paddler to tow them to safety. Good in theory, but in practice, the sponsons don't provide enough stability. Timmy's sponsons attached to an empty kayak increases the stability about as much as the same kayak without sponsons but fully loaded with gear. I wouldn't tow a paddler in an otherwise unsupported, fully loaded kayak. In rough conditions. the sponsons can increase the likelyhood of a collapse, since high initial stability on a steep wave means less stability overall. In calm conditions, sponsons may be fine, but the best thing for a disabled paddler is a contact tow. You can see them and deal with them more quickly than with a tow. If there's a third person, use that person to stabilize the incapacitated paddler and tow the duo. I've done that in a real emergency and it's not so bad. .. Without sponsons I'd juryrig a paddle with a pair of paddle floats to act as outriggers, but I'd expect the result to be harder to tow and not as secure as properly designed sponsons. That's a good approach, but I don't think it would be so terrible to tow. Folks I know who have tried it say it's reasonable to tow. YMMV. If sponsons were _significantly_ better than competing approaches, I'd support them. However, they are better in some ways and worse in others. The net is six of one, half dozen of the other. If you prefer sponsons, that's fine - use them but make sure you've practiced. They are no more or less likely to save a life than other approaches. Mike |
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On 26-Aug-2003, Mary Malmros wrote:
so commenting on it isn't exactly "thrashing newbies". Dumping on the original poster isn't thrashing a newbie. He claims to have paddled/sailed/whatever all his life without a lesson. It shows in that he knows almost nothing of value and is more of a troll than someone to take seriously. In this case, you're thrashing a self-proclaimed "expert" who deserves it. Mike |
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