Matt Broze wrote: > > Udo Beier (and now others have joined in the effort) keeps a list of mostly > European kayaks. He lists the volume dimensions of the bow/cockpit/day/rear > compartments. [snip] > Maybe a standard volume should be subtracted to cover the average unusable > space around the average paddler. That way a 80 gallon kayak compared to a > 100 gallon kayak would not appear to have 80% of the gear capacity. After > subtracting 40 or 50 gallons for the paddlers space I'd estimate (200 lbs)*(1 pint/1 lb)*(1 gallon/8 pints) = 25 gallons for a paddler's *total* volume. The paddler's torso (above the midriff), arms, and head are all out of the boat, so knock a third off to give 16 gallons. This calculation assumes the density of an average paddler is close to that of water. Most of us are a little less dense than that, so maybe we 200-pounders occupy 17 gallons of boat. I'd guess this is close, because it ignores the extra volume of clothing, but over-estimates the proportion of the body actually inside the boat. (That 1/3 I knocked off is low, I bet.) Lighterweight folks would occupy proportionately less. It is our **weight** which is the critical consumer of yak capacity, not the chunk of volume we take up inside. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jun 09 1999 - 21:54:03 PDT
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