[Paddlewise] Kayak camping

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2.  **Camping, etc.**  Again, we are immediately looking at some epitome
of long distance sea faring.  How many of you have really camped out of
your sea kayak.  I bet less than half.  The other half don't need all
that volume to put things into...they are day paddlers.  If you really
want to camp, use a canoe.  No sea kayak is as efficient at camping as a
canoe.  It will swallow up large Coleman coolers, habachis, small
kitchen sinks.
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Interesting comment by Ralph Diaz. I use a canoe in the Boundary Waters
because it is easier to portage, not because it holds more gear than my
sea kayak (more accurately, my wife's and my two medium-volume sea
kayaks). I don't use it on Lake Superior, because I believe a sea kayak
is safer in rough water than a canoe.

Also, I've wilderness-camped out of a medium volume kayak for over a
week at a time. Others, I know, have camped for longer. I'm curious,
though, about Ralph's assertion. How many of you have NOT camped out
of your kayak?

Chuck Holst  
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