Waterline in fla****er, because in rough water the picture changes...

Michael Daly wrote:
On 15-Jun-2005, "Van D" wrote:

As I said, there is no correlation between
overall length and waterline length in kayaks.

Mike


I am sorry this is just drivel dressed up as an authoritative opinion.

Further info from the Sea Kayaker reviews. This shows the how much shorter
the waterline length is than the overall length for bunch of real sea kayaks.

Bergans Ally Folding 3.1%
Nelo FW 2000 3.2%
Epic Endurance 18 3.3%
Prijon Barracuda 5.3%
KajakSport Viviane 8.3%
Prijon Calabria 9.3%
KajakSport Viking Ex. 9.4%
Point65N K1 VR 9.4%
Seda Glider 9.6%
Feathercraft K-1 Exp. 9.8%
Point65N K1 R 12.2%
VCP Aquanaut 13.6%
VCP Avocet 14.2%
KajakSport Artisan Mill. 14.9%
PH Quest 16.2%
PH Bahiya 16.5%
Nordkapp H2O 17.2%
Current Design Andromeda 19.0%

That's a pretty wide spectrum - from 3% to 19%. Correlation? I don't think so.

Mike