Re: [Paddlewise] rain-filled kayaks

From: Lloyd Bowles <lbowles_at_bmts.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 22:36:30 -0500
Mark Zen wrote:
> 
> At 14:24 01-12-98 -0800, Philip T. wrote:

> > I do remember that water weighs about
> >64 lbs. per cubic foot, depending on whether it's fresh or salt.
>
> 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 ;-)

A cubic foot of fresh water is 62.4 pounds (not sure at what
temperature).  Salt water is heavier & I recall 64 pounds/cubic foot
though it will depend on the salt concentration.  Dead Sea water will be
heavier than ocean water.
Oh, I'm Canadian too, but educated before we modernized & adopted the 
metric system.

-- 
Lloyd Bowles
The Mad Canoeist
"Keep the open side up!"
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