> > Maybe what someone needs to design is a concrete kayak. After all, > don't many university Civil Engineering departments participate in > an annual concrete canoe design (and construction) contest. And the > Brits think kayaks are canoes anyway (ah, best stop there, before I > tip over another can of worms). > > Seriously, with the right bit of engineering, you could probably > make it float OK. Heck, you could probably even half-roll it, do a > wet exit, and still keep it from sinking. And if you picked the > right concrete composition, it would be impervious to all but large > caliber Depleted Uranium rounds fired at close range. > > Of course, it might look ugly as sin, be a bitch to left up on top > of the ole Jeep Wagoneer, but it damn well wouldn't scratch much. > Actually, you'd be amazed of how good a concrete canoe/kayak look look. My brother participated in the Dutch contest quite some years ago (and lost and went under with his team) but some of the competition looked quite good (I didn't have the "kayak eye" then I have now, so I didn't pay too much attention). I have a picture of the race to proof it, I'll send it on request by backchannel. Kees *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Oct 01 2002 - 13:30:23 PDT
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