[Paddlewise] Surf test the hand pump

As usual I was surfing Sunday at location ######. The full size Fiberglass
kayak has a leak so I used the hand pump every half hour . I decided to see
how the pump and Snap Dragon Neoprene spray shirt worked together when hit by
a wave.  How much water will pour in? With the spray skirt still hooked over
the front of cockpit coming, the tight stock cord edge of the skirt held the
pump to the side coming. 
It must have been an interesting sight as I picked up a wave and scouted out
in front of the 5 foot breaker, an erect hand pump protruding from my lap. The
wash from the break washed over the broached kayak. At the end of the ride the
spray shirt was still wreaped around the front of the coming . It took 6
strokes of the hand pump to clear the water out. I did this a number of times
from both sides. The spray shirt did pop when I maneuvered broadside to a
breaker that dropped down with a direct hit on the deck but even that did not
swamp the kayak.

A Neoprene spray shirt has an advantage over a nylon shirt. I already know
that in surf it stayed in place better.




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