Kayak Design Terms & Hydrostatics definitions of form coefficients, volumetric and waterplane properties.
Kayak Design Terms & Hydrostatics
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- kayak terms
- boat terms
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- Length of Waterline (LWL)
- Beam Overall (BOA)
- Draft
- Displacement
- Volume
- Longitudinal Center of Buoyancy (LCB)
- Longitudinal Center of Buoyancy as % of designed waterline (LCB%)
- Vertical Center of Buoyancy (VCB)
- Longitudinal Center of Flotation (LCF)
- Longitudinal Center of Flotation as % of designed waterline (LCF%)
- Length of Waterline (LWL) same as Designed Waterline (DWL)
- Beam of Waterline (BWL)
- Sinkage
- Block coefficient (Cb)
- Midship coefficient (Cm)
- Prismatic coefficient (Cp)
- Waterplane coefficient (Cwp)
- Area / Displacement ratio
- Length / Beam ratio
- Depth of cockpit (front & rear)