Re: [Paddlewise] more on ice, etc

From: Steve Cramer <cramer_at_coe.uga.edu>
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 14:23:43 -0500
rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com wrote:
> 
> Another device is a child’s plastic toboggan, the kind that rolls up.
> How does Gail use this?  If there is too much distance to be traversed
> on ice, she ties the toboggan to the bow of her boat.  This keeps having
> the hypalon hull of Klepper from being scratched by jagged sharp edges
> of packed ice.

Neat idea. If it works on ice, it'll work on other surfaces as well,
although with more friction. I happen to have a few scraps of HDPE
laying about. I'll just fabricate a little drag pad that I can strap on
the bow. Who needs those $200 carts?

Sometimes I'm so clever I scare me.

Steve
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