On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Richard Fawcett wrote: > One possible solution to the ballast issue: I know two people who have ballast in their baidarkas. One person uses 25 lbs of dive weights strapped to the floorboards in the cockpit. The second person uses lead shot in pvc tubing, he also has 25 lbs worth (they paddle replicas of the same hull). They use the ballast not to adjust trim but to help keep the boats upright ;-) If you use pellets in pvc tubing be sure the end caps are secure and won't accidently pull off if you catch the end cap on something. Paul, the person with the pvc/shot ballast, accidently pulled off one endcap in his boat and another time lost an endcap in his truck. He is still finding pellets in his truck and boat. kirk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Feb 11 1998 - 08:04:27 PST
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