Re: [Paddlewise] Bundling up inside kayak

There's sometimes a thin line between camping and vagrency heh heh...

> Julio MacWilliams wrote:
> > 
> >  John Winters wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > Such a system would turn the kayak in to a stable platform that would have
> > > minimal drift and would allow you to bundle up inside the boat and even
> > > sleep in safety. It may even be possible to provide a canopy that would
> > > shield you from the elements and allow you to sit upright.
> > >
> > Most kayaks do not allow a paddle to bundle inside the hull, it is a trade
> > off between having bulkheads and flotation bags, or letting enough space
> > inside for the paddler.
> > 
> > The Kotzebue Island people did not have floatbags, hatches, nor bulkheads,
> > and (BIG SNIP)
> > 
> > Thus, those paddlers had various benefits, enough volume in their kayaks to
> > carry their entire family including the dog, enough space to take a nap,
> > (SNIP)
> > 
> > Now days, only folding kayaks have enough volume to paddle a la Kotzebue,
> > as long as a similar paddling jacket/spray skirt is used.
> > 
> > Just thinking in loud voice,
> > 
> > - Julio
> > 
> >
> 
> Thanks for the above! It helped me to remember a special summer in 86, 
> going down the Yukon river.
> I had had WAY too much fun in Diamond tooth Girdie's, in Dawson. Not 
> really up to finding a suitable campsite, I climbed into my folding 
> kayak that was tied up at the dock. I just covered myself with a space 
> blanket and the spray cover. Slept like a baby, rocked by the gentle 
> river and didn't know a thing until morning, when I was awakened by the 
> sounds of "tourist" and cameras!
> Guess they had never seen someone all snuggled up in a kayak before..
> 
> James
> 
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