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| Africa: Subsaharan | |
| Canoe Capsizes in East Congo, Killing 23 | |
| 2004-10-12 | |
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Must be one of those "stretch" canoes. |
| Posted by: A Jackson 2004-10-12 7:52:14 PM |
| #7 Musta carved that canoe outta some old-growth tree, huh? Naughty, naughty - the Greenies'll get ya... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-10-12 12:19:49 PM |
| #6 No, Hemis are forbidden. |
| Posted by: The Lord God Bill France 2004-10-12 10:55:09 AM |
| #5 That thing got a hemi? |
| Posted by: BH 2004-10-12 10:27:40 AM |
| #4 Too bad that they did not evolve the design to include outriggers, or a second dug-out tree for a catamaran. Then the problem moves to synchronizing propulsion and to structural issues in connecting the two hulls. And it would be considered anti-macho to wear life vests. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-10-12 9:24:53 AM |
| #3 Prolly a dug-out type canoe with the optional converted truck engine propulsion system. Depending on the tree used to make it, these things can get 60-100 feet long if the builders are ambitious enough. I've seen examples in Brazil that could hold 40+ people and all their livestock and possessions. Of course, its still a canoe, with all the tippiness implied by the design. |
| Posted by: N Guard 2004-10-12 8:45:59 AM |
| #2 "killing at least 23 people... Some 43 people survived the accident late Sunday on Lake Kivu and were safe ashore. But an estimated 50 others were still missing" 116 people. Musta been "Mother of all kanoe"! |
| Posted by: Memesis 2004-10-12 8:15:30 AM |
| #1 23 in a CANOE? Boggles the mind. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-10-12 7:58:56 AM |