Re: RE: Safety Equip.

From: TWavo (TWavo@aol.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Wed Apr 15 1998 - 20:28:48 PDT


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Subject: Re:  RE: Safety Equip.
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In a message dated 4/15/98 8:13:24 AM, you wrote:

<<Have you tested this? I'm wondering if that's enough bouyancy to hold up a
water-logged
rig. Maybe it would be better to have a small spool of fishing line already
attached to
the balloon and long enough to let the rig sink to the bottom. >>

I only have common experential engineering experience. I was hoping this idea
might stimulate some of those windsurfing engineers out there to calc it out.
I think a 12" bouy similar to the ones divers use would do.

The line attachment sounds interesting. Usually our rigs will stay afloat for
awhile by the air in the mast unless that is jeapordized. Maybe West Marine
catalog is a good source for these buoys. Does anyone have one?
TD



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