> Dave wrote: > > >>>>>>>>Too bad we do not have archives of Paddlewise. Derek's question is an > honest one, which in 1997 (1998?) led to the formation of this listserv > as an offshoot of Wavelength, owing to the incessant, overbearing promotion > of those devices by the owner of the rights to produce it. It is a long > story for those fearful of the word sponsons. It's not on the list of terms that I review prior to posting. > I wish John Winters were contributing more often these days, because John > had a link to a very compelling video clip showing why a flat-bottomed life > raft might be better termed a death raft, because it does exactly what is > described in 2. above, in steep, heavy seas. That was a memorable video. It's the Givens life raft. http://www.viddler.com/explore/Givens/videos/2/ has a video of a couple of rafts in the water behind a commercial jet taking off. The explanation of the design is: http://www.marsys.com.au/sandr/testing.htm Kirk -- Kirk Olsen *************************************************************************** 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 Apr 14 2009 - 03:58:27 PDT
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