>From: "Shawn W. Baker" <baker_at_montana.com> >Your math is figuring a static load--a 300 lb. load "hanging" on one end >of the rope. Douh! Right you are - I was thinking of the "fall factor" for climbing ropes, not the situation where the water supports much of the weight of the loads. That said, I still imagine that a jerk at either end of the tow line (referring, of course, to boats moving in opposite directions - not to the paddlers themselves-:) could exceed several hundred pounds. Glancing through a catalogue of commerical towlines (some sea kayak specific) I don't see anything weaker than 800lbs breaking strength. I think it was Dave K. in Oregon who did the detailed formulas. Dave, Dave, come in Dave, we need you. Philip Torrens N49°16' W123°06' *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Mar 28 2000 - 14:03:10 PST
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