> > Sorry Alex, but I think this is wrong. A non-bulkheaded boat with airbags > will have substantially less water than a bulkheaded boat with the use of > a sea sock. I would not recommend that anyone use simply airbags in a > non-bulkheaded boat, because airbags can too easily float out if they are > not properly inflated to make a tight fit. > Yuck, I can't stand sea socks. I never realized anyone actually used those aweful things. You may very well be the only person on the planet who does! :) I gave them a serious try with my wonderful Khatsalano since the saftey advantages are clear. But to put it quite bluntly, they really suck. If you don't use the sea sock, then Alex is right. If you have plenty of air bags and carefully tie them in place, you don't need a sea sock and the water you get in the boat is quite managable. Of course, you have to tie the aribags in place, but that's not hard. By the way, I also use airbags with my bulk head boats. I even tie them in palce inside their compartments so if my hatches fail I still have airbags. --Tim [Mattson, Timothy G] Now *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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