Grant Glazer wrote: > Its amazing how many people travel and stay over night with their kayaks > right way up and uncovered on their roof racks. I have always wondered what > happens if a storm hits. Cockpits would hold between 80 - 100 litres of > water, which added to the weight of the kayak itself would equal 120 + kg . John Dowd describes such an incident in his book: "I have personally broken a kayak from whiplash when I drove over a curb, not realizing that an inch of rain had accumulated in the bilges overnight." [Sea Kayaking, 1988 edition, page 75] Had to be much less than the 120 kg associated with a full yak. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Mar 26 2001 - 05:01:36 PST
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