Wouldn't it be interesting to have a knowledgeable person calculate the force needed to pull all that buoyancy so far under water. Jim ----- Original Message ----- > The vortex got us. I remember my boat going vertical and then the world got > dark and then I rolled up, student still attached. The other paddlers said > that, at its maximum, my boat was only showing about a foot of bow when I > was vertical. So my student, holding his large-volume kayak, was 12 feet > under water. But I wouldn't call the experience fun at the time. Makes a > good story 21 years later though. > > Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Jun 06 2002 - 19:34:43 PDT
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