Matt Broze wrote: > 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. That's a little more difficult. An approximation could be made by measuring the beam and depth of the yak, at the paddler's feet and his/her back, when the yakker is in sitting position. Use these to make an "average" diameter over the section of hull the paddler's lower body occupies. Measure the distance along the hull from the soles of the paddler's feet to the back of his/her buttocks. Treat the section as a cylinder and use the formula for volume. This would give a high value, because hull cross sections approximate an ellipse, not a circle. It also treats as unusable the under-deck space above the paddler's legs, which some use for a knee tube, etc. -- 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 Thu Jun 10 1999 - 02:56:09 PDT
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