On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Chuck Holst wrote: > From: Joe Pylka [mailto:pylka_at_castle.net] > > someone, somewhere, came up with > > Personal WaterCraft which isn't much better. > The acronym, or initialization, is PWC, pronounced "puke." US National Park Service definition: "Personal watercraft refers to a vessel, usually less than 16 feet in length, which uses an inboard, internal combustion engine powering a water jet pump as its primary source of propulsion. The vessel is intended to be operated by a person or persons sitting, standing or kneeling on the vessel, rather than within the confines of the hull." References: http://www.nps.gov/refdesk/1pwcrule.html http://www.nps.gov/pub_aff/press/pwcrule.html Personally I'd suggest "Water-propelled Individual Motor Polluter" ;-) -Peter *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Apr 26 1999 - 12:45:01 PDT
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