NevaFull
I've been wanting to write something about this for ages, but haven't because I have been too busy going to the river...
NevaFull is my name for an old idea of Pete Orton's, at the 1994 Rodeo pre worlds in Augsburg Germany he drilled some holes in his Ocoee, I don't know how well it worked. OK the problem is simple when I paddle white water in my canoe water comes in the big hole in the top, so drill some small holes in the side and make it self bailing, Bingo!
The process is kinda easy, will almost certainly invalidate the warranty on your canoe and will strike fear into your heart when you start. Get out on the water and measure the waterline in the side of your canoe when it is empty, or get a friend to do this as bending over to draw on the canoe is tricky whilst keeping it flat and not falling in.
It's kinda hard to explain any more about this idea but if you have got any questions please drop me a mail.
So with that done and dusted I am gonna load up my truck and head over to the Euro Armada in Imst for a few days.
Happy paddling,
James
2 Comments:
fascinating idea
Any updates on the experiment?
One might consider putting a flap on the outside, if it wasn't perfect already...
Say you glued a flap hanging down with gravity. Maybe glued on the ends to make it a bit tight and stop it catching in the water, then pressure would close it and prevent ingress, and it would be loose all along the bottom edge so water would still egress from the full boat...
or a foam flap, glued under the hole, 'upside down' and the foam's bouyancy would ensure it always closed before the pressure took over
but maybe it just works perfect as is
do give an update on this
fascinating idea
Any updates on the experiment?
One might consider putting a flap on the outside, if it wasn't perfect already...
Say you glued a flap hanging down with gravity. Maybe glued on the ends to make it a bit tight and stop it catching in the water, then pressure would close it and prevent ingress, and it would be loose all along the bottom edge so water would still egress from the full boat...
or a foam flap, glued under the hole, 'upside down' and the foam's bouyancy would ensure it always closed before the pressure took over
but maybe it just works perfect as is
do give an update on this
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