Recent content by Marc Ornstein

The "best" example of a bubble sided boat from, back in the day, is the Curtis Lady Bug. Several of the other Curtis boats, of similar vintage, had bubble sides but were geared a bit more toward touring (straight tracking), though when heeled smartly, turn nicely. The Nomad is a fast touring...

Great trip report, Glenn. Thanks for a fine collection of beautiful photos of the ponds, its surroundings and Rascal. I appreciate your including me in a few, as well. As for a remake and trip to the third pond, I just checked with Rascal and he says that our schedule is clear, so, you're on.

Obviously, I am partial to the Savage River boats, June Bug, Illusion and Harmony, depending upon the size of the paddler. The Fire series, Flashfire, Wildfire and Starfire are quite popular and are all available on the used market. I believe that Swift offers both the Flashfire and Wildfire by...

One point on secondary, sometimes called final stability. Some very hard chined boats and some continuously flared boats can get very squirrely at some point in the heel and flip suddenly with only the slightest additional heel. Hulls with roundish bottoms and soft chines can generally be...

Most of the so called shouldered boats are essentially flared to the shoulders, then tuck in. As such they stiffen, as you heel them, until you reach the shoulder. Pushing them past the shoulder, they "release" a bit, making them feel, to some, a bit unpredictable, but only if the paddler wants...

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1st off, a disclaimer. I am the designer of the Savage River Illusion. I receive a modest compensation for each hull sold. I designed the Illusion to be completely symmetrical. I prefer a hull that responds predictably, in both forward and reverse. I wanted a hull that would turn easily and yet...

My paddling partner and your website owner, Glenn MacGrady, on Boreas Pond in the NYS Adirondacks.

Thanks Alan. I have a suspicion that Glenn's boat may indeed be the culprit - well sort of. If I recall correctly, in the original batch of photos that I uploaded, only those with his boat in them were effected. I suspect, that whatever mechanism the program uses to "prepare" the photos for the...

As Colonel Klink would say, "Veeery Interesting". I just reloaded all of the images, using the drag and drop (insert images) method. It seemed to work fine this way. These are ultra small files, so lacking a bit in detail/definition. Whether or not I'd get the same result using larger files, I...

I resized them all to mostly 70-80KB +- and they look better though lacking in definition. I'm going to leave it at this for now. Whatever the root issue is, it's apparently above my pay grade.

At first I was using the insert method. I tried copy paste with the same results. I'm thinking that my file sizes may be too large (generally 1.5 MP+-) and the program is not able to downsize then properly. They are definitely not too small. I'll try downsizing them further, when I get a chance...

I resized them all and reposted them all again and the same result. It's a curious thing.

I did as you suggested and the same thing happened. I'll try resizing (smaller) and reload them, later today.

I saved them all at approx 1.5+- MB. The site apparently resized them again, when they were uploaded.