Bob Myers wrote; > I gave up, went back to shore, and added more California > Ballast Rocks (tm). With inflated floatbags to keep the rocks in > place, I found ballast to be a much superior method of increasing > stability. If Bob had used the New Zealand Floating Pumice Ballast Rocks he wouldn't have needed the floatbags. Ballast rock technology is the most exciting field in sea kayaking and is drawing the best minds to R&D labs around the world. There are rumors that Intel is developing a ballast chip. Much smaller than rocks and your boat will be faster, sound better, and remember the way home. The Russians are supposedly developing a ballast system based on contaminated rocks from the Chernobyl site. When mounted under your seat you get free sterilization after four weeks of paddling. Onward and upward. Cheers John Winters Redwing Designs Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft http://home.ican.net/~735769/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jan 29 1998 - 05:59:56 PST
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