At 02:14 PM 8/14/00 +1000, Peter Treby wrote: >Submersing the boat with the hatches secured might be a test that should be >carried out as well. I think the submersion should last a while. Peter, this is an interesting suggestion. Have you thought of any good ways to submerge the kayak? There's a lot of volume in a sea kayak. Perhaps a couple of hippos from the local zoo could be trained to do it in a standardized way. Or lots of lead... :) Here's a question. Would the buoyant forces of submerged bulkheads produce enough bending toque to break the kayak? Assuming of course that the kayak is being submerged by a weight in the cockpit. Kevin Kevin Whilden Your Planet Earth http://www.yourplanetearth.org (206) 788-0281 (ph) (206) 788-0284 (f) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Aug 13 2000 - 23:17:26 PDT
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