Re: [Paddlewise] CG sp*ns*ns investigation (and ballast rocks)

Matt,
Glad you are Latte free in the Emerald City. Hey, I was poking through
the latest Sea Kayaker quickly at the book stand (I get mine in another
week in the mail) and thought I noticed a paddlefloat with some kind of
reservoir for water to counterbalance the "rainbow" effect. I faithfully
carried my Mariner Outrigger for years in the early 80's, the one using
the collapsible water container you designed, which provided the
counterbalance effect. You should have patented that, as it looks like
something similar (in principle) is back in vogue.

Hey Matt, what's with Scott Bemis? He said, "If sponson-opposed sea
kayaker starts ranting upon noticing your sponsons, the following may
work..." The rest was rather rude. I thought most of the posts on
sponsons, like Richard's et al, were fairly objective -- and fair to the
sponson's drawbacks. Those that found they worked great for them, spoke
up cogently. (Those who ranted were mainly upset with
TimTimminyTimTimmminy...). As far as Kait, she told me back channel that
she was hired to conduct a preliminary search (including groups like
paddlewise) for information about the use of sponsons INCORPORATED INTO
THE DESIGN OF CANOES AND KAYAKS, and that MANDATORY sponsons were not
going to be an outcome. I'm not fully aware yet if this is a case trying
to be made for flotation, which I would fully support. She gave me the
project manager's phone number with the Coast Guard, and I will be
phoning him next week. Anyway, it is kind of ironic that paddlewise was
set up to get away from Timmy's spam, and here we are talking about
sponsons all over again (Jackie, can you forgive us?   :-).

Well, I answer to no man, but my woman is calling me back upstairs and
is prepared once again to pull my modem cord, so I better turn this
computer off for a while. Talk and rant to you all again later man.

Doug - who has gotta go spend some time finding out how stinky I can get
in a drysuit, compared to a wet suit.



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