A perfect 10. 10 G. i've read that the acceleration of water in breaking ocean waves reaches a maximum of about 10 G. Continued slamming of ocean going boats can cause fatigue problems... perhaps failure. so i wonder, what design forces are used for developing kayaks? is there any real consideration beyound folks tossing them off of roof tops to see if they survive... bye bye bliven PS. i think that Prof. Longuet-Higgens of the UK computed the 10 G value back in the early '80s. *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Mar 12 1999 - 18:53:25 PST
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