CONTENTS 



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PREFACE 1 



CONVERSION FACTORS, NON-SI TO SI (METRIC) UNITS 



OF MEASUREMENT 3 



ATTENDEES , 4 



AGENDA 7 



INTRODUCTION 9 



EXPERIENCE WITH A FLOATING TIRE BREAKWATER AT LAKE 

 CHARLEVOIX, MICHIGAN 



Clifford D. Biddick 11 



ENGINEERING EVALUATION OF ALTERNATE MATERIALS FOR REDESIGNED 

 MOORING SYSTEMS 



Anthony Franco 17 



CONSTRUCTING AND FIELD TESTING A HIGH PERFORMANCE PIPE- 

 TIRE FLOATING BREAKWATER 



Robert E. Pierce ,..,.....,.. 40 



A SAILING ORGANIZATION'S EXPERIENCE WITH A GOODYEAR FTB 



Paul L. Pirie ,..,.. 61 



FIELD ASSESSMENT OF FLOATING TIRE BREAKWATER 



Craig T. Bishop • 64 



FLOATING BREAKWATER PROTOTYPE TEST PROGRAM 



Eric Nelson 109 



DATA RESULTS, FLOATING BREAKWATER PROTOTYPE TEST PROGRAM 



Laurie L. Broderick 125 



