Philip Torrens wrote: > > >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. I did a back of the envelope thing, but I think it was Neverdosky who did the real math. IIRC, we came to a consensus of a couple hundred pounds, **unless** you get caught towing in a surf zone. But, then, you shouldn't be towing in a surf zone (and you soon will **not** be, if a sizable wave breaks on you or the towee!). -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 - 16:04:04 PST
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:30:22 PDT