Pontoon Effect

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Tom
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Pontoon Effect

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Beware the Pontoon Effect! If you use 2 pontoons, each needs to be able to bear the weight of the entire sculpture, and should be as far from the center axis as possible! There's considerably more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontoon_effect

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