Harvey Golden wrote: > > Dear Dave and all, > I too have heard strange 'resonances' conveyed through the hull of a kayak. > My brother's three-hole nylon-covered Kodiak baidarka emitted 'pops' and > 'clicks' as a freighter passed us by on the Columbia River. [snip] > Anyhow, I'm certain this is just a 'Columbia River thing', as Dave likely > has also come to realize. Yeah, it's the ghosts of long-dead gillnetters, moaning to be released from the sediments the Corps of Engineers piled over their watery graves ... [insert the Twilight Zone noise]. Can somebody do the calculation and find out what the natural frequency of vibration would be for the cockpit cavity of a double? I have not a clue -- certainly not a simple organ pipe shape! -- 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 Sun Sep 09 2001 - 21:44:34 PDT
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