Doug Lloyd wrote: >Then again, all canoes sold in Canada I believe, must have flotation or some inherent buoyancy. Perhaps that is one of the real issues here, but then the boats never sank anyway off Gonzales Bay...just one of the paddlers! < Most canoes have just enough floatation to not sink under their own weight, i.e., enough to support the fiberglass, aluminum, or what-have-you that they are made of. I guess wooden ones just plain float on their own. They do not have enough floatation to self-rescue in any except exceptionally calm conditions, with an incredible amount of effort on the part of the paddlers. I have seen it done, but it is a warm water, calm water stunt, not a viable "real-life" technique. Even if you can get the gunwhales above the chop, bailing the remainder of the water is a Herculean task. The rec. kayaks are usually made of a material that is inherently buoyant, and probably don't need any floatation to stay afloat. But they probably can't be self-rescued with this amount of buoyancy, either. Rob. *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Apr 17 2002 - 09:17:53 PDT
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