[Paddlewise] Volumetric Computation

        Just to cover all the bases on this kayak volume thing: 

        You put your cockpit cover on the yak and move it into your house.
Then, working from blueprints, you compute the volume of your house. Then
remove all the furniture and other belongings and fill the house with water
through a hose run down the chimney. When your water bill comes at the end
of the billing cycle, go to your computer and average your water use for the
past five years. Subtract this average figure from your current, "kayak
volume" month. Convert the volume of your house from cubic feet to gallons
and subtract the current volume usage of water noted on the utility  bill in
question from the gallon volume of your house. (Some utilities bill water
use in cubic feet, if so you're in luck and you need not convert your house
volume to gallons.) 

        Anyway, the difference between your house volume and your water
consumption --adjusted for normal usage-- will provide you with the volume
of your kayak.  

        Or you can buy several 100 lb. bags of rice . . . 

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