RE: [Paddlewise] Dry bags

From: Reeves, Debbie (Debbie) <"Reeves,>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 10:29:15 -0500
	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 
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> 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.
> 
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