On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 17:35:03 GMT, Rick wrote:

DSK wrote:

So that the prop won't chop the kayaker to bits as he goes under the hull.

Because the suction generated by a propeller of a large commercial ships have
been known to suck small sail and power boats into them, let alone a kayak.
You really have no conception of the forces and effects generated by a 25 foot
propeller turning 100 RPM.

JJ

Why would the prop "chop the kayaker to bits" and why would
he go under the hull of a ship?

Ricfk

James Johnson
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