I stumbled across a really interesting show on The Discovery Channel yesterday called Mythbusters. They routinely go about debunking/proving common urban legends like whether you can really set yourself on fire while pumping gas and talking on a cell phone. Cool premise, odd hosts. Good show in general.
Yesterday they were going after the notion that a shell of 8 rowers (the classic racing configuration) can pull a water skier behind a boat! How happy was I?? [Answer: excessively]. The hosts took water skiing lessons and then trussed up a tow-rig onto a Stanford University varsity 8. The dodgy part was that the minimum speed for sustainable skiing is about 20 knots, and a prime-time rowing crew at max power approaches 15-17 knots...so you're flirting with "Can they do it?" Gasp! On tenterhooks, aren't you?
I won't force you to watch the show yourself...the suspense might kill you. Bottomline, the SU8 had NO problem cranking up to a velocity to carry Jaime (host) quite a ways along. Please don't ask me to recreate it all. I don't want to embarrass Stanford.
AS.
IF.
posted by ADD @ 09:10
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