Re: [Paddlewise] Kayak volumes

What I meant was a calculation of how much space we take up or cause to be
not suitable for gear storage. Such as, all the volume inside the kayak that
is around ones legs that rarely gets used for storage. This will be a lot
higher than just the volume of our lower torso and legs.
Matt
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_pacifier.com>
To: Matt Broze <mkayaks_at_oz.net>
Cc: PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Date: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Kayak volumes


>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
>

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