07-22-2009, 08:28 PM
Quote:He came off beter because I lacked a sauroter on my dory at the time and he had the longer reach due to the counterweight on his.
Just a note: see the Sauroter revision thread. Christan and Giannis showed that the sauroter alone cannot have moved the balance point back to the 1/3 from the base described above. It probably weighed more than the small spear-heads, but not that much more unless lead was added (and the occurence of that is enigmatic). To move the balance point back with a real, hollow sauroter you also need a tapered shaft- tapered fore and aft from the point of balance desired. Without the sauroter to counter the point, I doubt that tapering alone could do it either.
Paul M. Bardunias
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