Matt wrote: - >I point this out in case anyone out there >would like to work on designing sponsons >that might work better than any presently >available but is concerned about patent claims G'Day, Earliest documented use of sponsons might be for the film "Cockle Shell Heros" made in 1955. As far as I can tell the double kayaks used in the film seem to have something, which looks awfully like a set of sponsons. Whatever they were they didn't stop Trevor Howard from nearly drowning in a capsize. The film is based on the World War II effort to use kayaks to plant mines on warships docked at Bordeaux. The book "Cockle Shell Hero's", seems to be a factual account of the raid and gives a fairly detailed account of the kayak construction. I can't remeber if it mentions sponsons being part of the kayaks used for the wartime raid. Does anyone know? All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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 Nov 06 2002 - 02:38:24 PST
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