Re: [Paddlewise] footpumps

From: Gabriel L Romeu <romeug_at_erols.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 09:50:18 -0500
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?


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