Measuring Volume
Rafa Ortiz on the San Pedro, Sony A7, Sony 10-18mm f/4 @ 16mm 1/2000 f/5.6 ISO 200
As kayakers we are no strangers to volume, used to define
both the amount of water in a river and the size of a kayak. Complex
calculations of the width, depth and water speed are used to define the
volume of a river in cubic feet per second, or meters if you are from a
country that uses a logical form of measurement.
Yet there is no standard for measuring a kayaks volume. Some makers
calculate it based on CAD drawings while others fill a kayak with water
and yet others guess. If the budget existed it would be interesting to
build a tank, fill it with three feet of water, seal the cockpit of the
kayak and use a hydraulic press to push he boat down. Displacement
volume could be calibrated to a simple line graph on a clear side of
the tank. Using this method we'd be able to have have accurate
kayak displacement volumes regardless of brand.
