Outrigger question
 

On 25 Jan 2007 15:48:51 -0800, in rec.boats.paddle "Davej"
wrote:

Maybe it could be swung out when you are sailing and be retracted or
pivoted against the boat when you aren't?

It's a pretty good sized ama... 5' long and about 7 kilos or so. It's
on a Hobie Mirage.

I'm less that in love with that "Mirage drive" unit. My wife likes
it; however, it raises the paddler's (peddler's) legs six or eight
inches and you most definitely notice that higer mass in rough water.
I usually leave mine in the truck.

Also, you gotta have 18" or so of water under you to use it.

Jones

Outrigger question
 

On 26 Jan 2007 06:55:48 -0800, in rec.boats.paddle "Oci-One Kanubi"
wrote:

Or... does it? At first blush that looks like an absolutely reasonable
rebuttal of my speculation, but then... certainly a stationary boat
must pivot around its center of gravity, but d'you s'pose that is
necessarily so when a boat is carving into a turn, building up a pile
of water on the outside-of-the-turn side of the bow?

Yes, well... that's moot for us because *we* aren't going to do that.
My partner is handicapped and the object is to be able to take water
we'd encounter behind the barrier islands and we're blessed with lots
of that where we live.

I was more thinking about point to point paddling and sailing in flat
water. I agree that, in a high performance situation, it would make a
difference... and some of those guys get downright radical on the
outriggers. 'Course, they get 'em as close to center as they can for
surf.

Jones... who doesn't do surf!