Area needed to support 300 lbs

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  1. hoytedow
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    OK, lets say you weigh 300 pounds. You would need about 3 cubic feet on the outrigger assuming the hull was supporting 1/2 your weight. That is overkill. Think levers and fulcrums, applied physics and so on and so on and so on.
     
    hoytedow, Mar 2, 2010
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  3. 360weatherbound
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    Yea, thanks.
    And to think I was just going to tie a bunch of milk jugs together till I floated...........:)
     
    360weatherbound, Mar 2, 2010
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