Re: [Paddlewise] RE: Advanced Rescue Clinic/pump

From: <JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 08:45:28 EDT
In a message dated 98-08-24 08:32:32 EDT, Geruta_at_aol.com writes:

<< any valley canoe products dealer will have the chimp footpump available. if
 none in your area, i'll be happy to do a mailorder
  >>

<Pricey> little widgets, but worth it!  Put one in my Pintail a few months
back, and the difference between it and the old afterdeck "chimp" pump --- or
any of the other Irish "galley" pumps and electric pumps I tried, as well  ---
is night and day!  And no batteries or switches to worry about.  And you can
pump out with your skirt on and the paddle in full use.  Only one problem ---
it'll pump out so much water so fast that your skirt's seal on the coaming, if
it's a good one, will slow down the water outflow by creating a partial vacuum
inside the cockpit --- and you'll see it as you pump out; the skirt will be
sucked down into the cockpit!

Jack
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