Re: [Paddlewise] Surf test the hand pump

Another way to pump out I hear, is to put the pump in the tube waist of the
skirt. This placement would keep the seal around the coaming intact, but may
be awkward in other ways. I haven't tried it.
Barbara Kossy
in California


At 06:21 PM 2/8/99 EST, Tomckayak_at_aol.com wrote:
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>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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>
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