JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote: You can also > carry a spare length of hose with a double fitting on one end; this allows you > to disconnect your strum box, reconnect the extra hose, and use your foot pump > to empty out the cockpit of an exhausted paddler along side . Nice safety > factor there. > > Jack Martin Hi Jack, Seems that foot pumps are a good idea, but I can't imagine reaching down into the cockpit down by the footpegs or the bulkhead to attatch the spare hose- on dry land it would be quite a long reach, in the water sitting in the cockpit impossible. Am I missing something? is the strum box in a different place that the pumping mechanism? is there a picture out there? -- gabriel l romeu http://members.aol.com/romeug studio furniture http://members.aol.com/romeugp paintings, photos, prints, etc. http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR a daily photo journal *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Jan 31 1999 - 06:57:22 PST
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