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Re: canoe sterns
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2003 Feb 11, 10:46 +1100
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2003 Feb 11, 10:46 +1100
Robert Eno wrote: > Canoe sterns are a good design for ... > > ... I am sure that there are some drawbacks to this design, although I have > no > idea what they are; perhaps speed, perhaps efficiency. Drawbacks: loss of room in the cockpit area, difficulty in hanging wind-vanes and other equipment (davits, ladders, rudder, etc) from the stern. For all that I like them too, not least for the aesthetic ..
