ATTN: if humor doesn't "float your boat" ;-) delete now!! At 14:24 01-12-98 -0800, Philip T. wrote: [sniparoo] > I do remember that water weighs about >64 lbs. per cubic foot, depending on whether it's fresh or salt. Here on >the Wet Coast, it's not uncommon to have to pump out your boat in the >morning if you've left it out on the beach without the cockpit cover. I'm >quite prepared to believe the weight and momentum of a few inches of water >in the boat could damage the boat, cause it to shear through roof rack >lines, and/or tip the car itself under the wrong acceleration/ >deacelleration/turning circumstances. [sniparoni the paddlewise treat ;-] i read the above, and said HUH?? 8.6lbs/gallon or 1kg/liter 2.2lbs/kg so 64 pounds of water is 29 liters, slightly more than a cubic foot ;-) then i also read: >Vancouver, BC, Canada V6J 1K1 and said, oh a canadian talking about pounds and feet ;-) and now for the rest of the story, 'cause i'm not trying to shame philip... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Dec 01 1998 - 16:06:22 PST
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