Scott said: ... > You can use dry bags for most stuff, and small plastic >boxes (ie. Pelican) for the awkwardly shaped or sharp stuff. As far as >shifting, I haven't taken any expeditions yet, but I think you could >easily place all the stuff in first, then blow up the air bags, as >needed, to function as corks. The bags are tapered, so it would lock >all the stuff in the bow and stern ends. Also, you could use the bow >bag as a place to rest your feet if you want. That is what I do with my klepper and now have adapted to my Guillemot S & G. I have a small double pulley inside the boat at bow and stern through which I pull a small rope to which my drybags are tied to, make sit real easy to load and unload. The floatation bag is also on a rope to pull it in place and keep it there once tied off. After it is in place I blow it up and it keeps everything nice and snug and in place no matter what conditions i go through. While building the S & G, I inserted a loop/hook into both ends durig my last application of epoxy through which I can pull my ropes. The hook/loop is a broken open end/box end wrench with the open end in the epoxy. Just happened to have a couple broken 1/2" open end... The rope is 1/8" nylon/polyester.. I figured it was easier to do it this way [ the same as the klepper] than to buid hatches as I don't know if I can do such thing with my limited skills... The fromt airbag does give nice rest/support for the feet. works like a charm Yours naturally sylvio lamarche Wycliffe organic gardens & Exotic locales all over the globe *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Oct 08 1998 - 23:41:29 PDT
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