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William R. Watt
 
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Default It's the silly season!

William R. Watt ) writes:
.. you'd have to watch
the bouyancy and draft calculations. (so many people per box of raft as
the raft size would probably vary depending on how many people show up for
an outing)


um, also the larger the barge/raft the heavier the scantlings you need to
keep it rigid. put another way, the size of the scantlings limits the
number of boxes you could bolt together into a raft. don't forget those
sudden summer storms. SW Ontario seems to get more than its share.


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