"William R. Watt" wrote in message
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"Michael Daly" ) writes:

BTW dictionaries are famous for getting definitions wrong - especially
in scientific
and technical terminology. My Webster's here says that oxygen is the
most
plentiful element in the universe.


I think you mean "atmosphere", not "universe". I'd check that dictionary
definitions again.

I'm getting the impression Mike is typing without thinking. I believe
that's called a "rant".

On this subject of getting back into capsized boats, I've done in in
canoes, sailing dingys, and once in a kayak. The problem in lightweight
narrow boats is getting one's hips over the gunwale. Most sailboats have
to be wide to carry sail. The one I built out of a single sheet of plywood
is narrow like a kayak. To carry sail and to re-enter after a capsize the
sponsons are needed. When you re-enter a kayak you normally pull yourself
up onto the rear deck and slide forward until you can straddle the boat
and drop your butt into the seat. On a boat with no rear deck, like my
small sailboat, and also I think on a kayak, you can enter from the side
by first sticking a floatation device under your hips to raise them to the
surface so you can slide them in over the gunwale. That's the way I have
re-enterd the sailboat. I sit on a floation cushion when using the boat
and shove the flotation cusion under my hips to re-enter the boat after a
capsize. However I only did that once as a test because the sponsons have
prevented any capsizes since they were installed.


Mike



Usually I reentered my kayak feet first under water, rolled up, and then
pumped the water out with the battery operated electric pump mounted behind
the seat. Then I reinstalled the cockpit cover and paddled off. Isn't that
how you do it, Mary.

John Adams