Re: [Paddlewise] Baidarka thoughts

From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:36:04 -0800
On 3/12/07, Nick Schade <nick_at_guillemot-kayaks.com> wrote:
>
>
> A 135# paddler in a 30# boat is going to displace 165# of water no
> matter what the shape of the hull.


Unless, of course, the boat sinks. Then the water displaced will be equal to
the sum of the volume of the paddler and the material in the boat. :)  (A
less-understood corollary to Archimedes' theories.)

Craig Jungers
Royal City, WA
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