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Tom,

You'd be better off to rent a 10-13-footer to go with what you already have.  Put one of your guys in the little boat (with a rowing frame of course) and you should be okay.  That 16 of yours just isn't gonna be enough; it'll be a pig.

That's the problem with round boats; you run out of room before you over-gross the boat.  The mistake folks make is in piling the load too high for the oarsman to see over, which can also throw your CG off to the point that any little obstacle will cause you to roll over.  You're just too top-heavy.

-Mike

Message Thread:

• Raft capacities and comfort Broomedram Jan 16 2006
  • overweight and outta water JCR Jan 18 2006
  • too tight jklingel Jan 18 2006
  • 2rafts Barron Jan 17 2006
  • de-bone&freezedry cory100 Jan 17 2006
  • probably not enough. rimfirematt Jan 16 2006
  • Use enough boat! Michael Strahan Jan 16 2006
  • probably not enough. rimfirematt Jan 16 2006