"Shawn W. Baker" wrote: > > I dunno?! I'll dig back into my old posts to see the forces involved > were...I can't remember who figured it out before... > > Your math is figuring a static load--a 300 lb. load "hanging" on one end > of the rope. I haven't had any rough water tow practice, but on flat > water, the load felt like less than 5 lbs. Even when coming up to > speed, I don't think it felt like more than 10 lbs. I was towing my > brother, and I kept turning around and asking him if he was paddling! I > think I need to try it in some rough water to get a more accurate view. > I know forces could greatly exceed that on either end of a surging > wave. I would think the maximum dynamic load could be a few hundred > pounds, but not the average working load. > > Who was it that did the bungie/towrope calculations? > > Shawn If your a fishing guy/gal you could attach a hanging fish scale (not the outer fish garment) in line and get some calculations. I use this method to determine counter weights on furniture. I would think that if I got 300 lb. of pressure on a line which attached to me or my boat I would want it to break... -- : : Gabriel L Romeu : http://studiofurniture.com furniture from the workshop : http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR life as a tourist, daily journal : http://users.aol.com/romeugp paintings, photographs, etchings, objects *************************************************************************** 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 - 18:43:15 PST
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