I guess that you missed the point, Ken.
I've built a 20' x 19" kayak. I've spent time in racing shells (also known as fine boats or just shells) There are a number of different types of canoes of various length to beam ratios. As described, a 24' x 2.5' boat would have a length to beam ratio of less than 10:1 that isn't particularly extreme. I've just never heard a boat referred to as a "needle boat". Even John Paramore, the guy that posted the original picture sounded confused by Kirk's post.
I learned my lesson last year when somebody mentioned a narrow boat. I thought that they were merely talking about a boat that was narrow. It turns out that "A narrowboat or narrow boat is a boat of a distinctive design, made to fit the narrow canals of Great Britain." So now, when someone uses a term that I'm unfamiliar with, I look it up. That didn't help with "needle boat".
The nautical world has developed a comprehensive lexicon to describe many fine distinctions. Since we're dealing in a solely written medium, let's try to use terms that are broadly accepted. It might cut down on some of the confusion.
Fair winds,
Eric
Marina del Rey, CA
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, KEN <rekkamurd@...> wrote:
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> guess ya missed the pic Eric.. was a 24ft maybe 30" wide fast electric kayak.
> it covered 72 miles in 6 hours
>
> --- On Tue, 2/21/12, Eric <ewdysar@...> wrote:
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> From: Eric <ewdysar@...>
> Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: Propane outboard engine
> To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 4:11 PM
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>
> Hi Kirk,
>
> "needle boat"? The only reference that I found to the term online is a Lego model of a small attack boat. I don't think that is what you are referring to....
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> There are pickle fork boats, sometimes shortened to pickle boat...
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> Fair winds,
> Eric
> Marina del Rey, CA
>
> --- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, John Paramore <watertoyz@> wrote:
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> > Ummmmmm...What?
> >
> > On Feb 20, 2012, at 8:57 PM, Kirk McLoren wrote:
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> > > needle boat - very low drag
> > >
> > >
> > > Nemo dat quod non habet
> > >
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