Sailboat Capsize Test 2003
Article By Shorty
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At each messabout we knock a boat over and see what happens.
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There are many numbers of small paddle boats out there with the foam noodles stuck to the gunwales as their only form of floatation.
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Tim Cowden found that they aren't worth a darn when just applied along the gunwale, just isn't enough floatation to provide reserve bouyancy.
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Doing what he called a boyscout canoe trick, he sloshed the boat back and forth ridding it of water.
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