Re: [Paddlewise] weight of boats?

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Cramer <cramer_at_coe.uga.edu>
To: Paddlewise <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] weight of boats?


>735769 wrote:
>>
>> Salt water is often taken as 64 pounds per cubic foot and fresh as 62.3.
>>
>> On one of my designs the boat floats 5/64" deeper in fresh water than in
>> salt water (using the above figures).
>>
>Yes, yes, well and good, but how much does the waterline length change?
>;)
>

Hardly at all on boats with short overhangs but then, they start out longer
anyway. ;-)

Cheers,
John Winters
Redwing Designs
Web site address, http://home.ican.net/~735769

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