>>>and one of us >mentioned a guy that he'd seen or read somewhere that had used a Smoker >canoe as the body of a Bonneville salt flats racer -- powered, I presume, >by a honking V-8. I just recently saw a picture of this. I think it was the latest issue of either "Sea Kayaker" or "Canoe & Kayak" magazine.<<< C&K, the latest issue.... I wish I could come up with a reference, but I remember reading something a few years ago wherein a paddler kept track of his gas mileage with his canoe on the car. The gist of it was that gas consumption was always greater, but decreased the further back the bow was in relation to the windshield. If the bow stuck out too far then it interfered with the slipstream from the windshield. Wasn't there a message on Paddlewise last year in a discussion of tiedowns regarding bungies? In one the writer said that he once tied his sea kayak down with bungees and someone behind him saw the kayak lift right up off the brackets and 'float' above them... If this boat were upside-down then the flow-generated forces would have pressed down on the car with at least the equivalent weight of the boat..... Joe P. *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 28 2002 - 07:10:29 PST
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