Round chines on pole boats

Jeff Matura

New member
Can you guys tell me the purpose of rounded chines on pole boats such as the KARA or 4Rivers boats?

I built a KARA and way to heavy, so I thought a stitch-and-glue type boat would be alot lighter, but seems like your limited to square chines.

Wouldn't square chines make such a boat track better anyways?

thanks
jmm
 
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