Doug: This is all hypothetical but we have a similar problem. We are packing now for a 2.5 week trip in the Exumas in the Bahamas. We travel with our 7 year old daughter so our water consumption is about 2.7 gallons per day. We are using a Feathercraft K2. First, the classic, aluminized wine bladders are excellent. They can be distributed in various nooks of the boat and are form fitting and tough. We are also trying something else. Nautiraid makes a luxurious inflatable seat with a tough nylon cover, complete with handles. According to Seda, the Nautiraid dealer from whom we obtained the seats, and from our at home tests, these seats are entirely suited as water carrying containers. Imagine a water "bed" seat. Each holds 3.75 gallons and is of course quite comfortable. They have one drawback. Filling is through the twist closed valve on the inflation hose only. It takes a very long time to get completely topped up, even from a faucet. What is needed is some sort of rubber hose and funnel attachment -- a refinement we have not yet developed. We will know how all of this works in about a month. Hope your trip goes well. By the way, we treat any and all water we can find so if it is merely foul but not saline we will boil, filter and treat with pills and away we go. This certainly beats carrying water on long trips and we have never had waterborne sickness in 30+ years of outdoor adventuring. Good luck! Rich Doug Engel wrote: > > I'm planning an expedition in the Florida Everglades and > I'll have to carry about 10 gallons of water for two of us. > Any suggestions on water containers to use??. Thanks. Doug > Engel > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > *************************************************************************** -- Richard G. Mitchell, Jr. Department of Sociology Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331 U.S.A. (541) 752-1323 phone/fax mitchelr_at_ucs.orst.edu *************************************************************************** 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 Nov 24 1998 - 21:51:37 PST
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