I confess; my first two bags are big enough for me to climb into. It never occurred to me they wouldn't fit in the boat. Fortunately I do a lot of canoe camping in the winter and they will fit in the canoe (barely). Either that or I guess I could use them for shelter :-) Debbie ------------------------------- > I am glad that Debbie brought up the point of bag size. I know that > early on in the kayaking game, I purchased several bags that were way > too big. I had (still do) a double Klepper and thought the big bags > would save space in that there wouldn't be wasted space between bags > that you would get with smaller bags. While the big bags worked okay in > the Klepper, a more efficient packing scheme would be with smaller bags. > > I wasn't the only one. It was the first seakayaking camping trip I had > been on and some people showed up with bags that made my "big" one seem > puny. Needless to say those could not get into even the Klepper. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter > PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 > Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com > "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ************************************************************************** > * > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > ************************************************************************** > * > *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Feb 27 1999 - 07:29:59 PST
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