On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, A.H.J.(Eddie)van den Hurk wrote: >> >>David Seng wrote:<snip> I might have to skip down to Canada for some >>ballast roccks...> >> >>I paddle a local designed "Seabear" a high volume boat which is hard to >>control when empty in strong winds.I always carry 4 empty >>3 liter fruit juice bottles.If the weather changes I fill these with >>water and stow them in the forward bulkhead.The 12 kg's make the boat >>much more contollable.When the wind drops they are easy to empty. >>Regards Eddie >>Kia Ora. thanks for a great tip!!! mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/cpr [Colorado Paddlers' Resource] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmskc [Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmcc [Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page] http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark [personal] -- Fortune: I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. -- Mae West --- Yield to Temptation ... it may not pass your way again. -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love" *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Mar 31 1998 - 13:49:15 PST
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