(Pete Cresswell) wrote: > > RE: > >> Get yourself some sort of pillow and stuff it under your legs. I use > >a stuff bag filled with foam rubber; a buddy of mine uses a roll of > >foam rubber held together with ductape. This takes a lot of stress > >off of the legs. > > That's where I used to stash my foam-filled paddle float. Useful for > supporting the thighs, didn't interfere with wet exiting, doubled as > supplemental personal floatation when raising the bow to dump water out... Hmmmm . . . **very good idea!** I've been following a discussion foam, as opposed to inflatable paddle floats, but have wondered just where I would stash the beast . . . it might be a little firmer than I'm looking for, but will chew it over and give it a try . . . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Boyd 0 wesboyd_at_dmci.net boydwe_at_dmci.net (Listservers) \__Q http://www2.dmci.net/users/wesboyd/default.htm \_| http://www2.dmci.net/users/wesboyd/kayak.htm \----------\^----------/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^0^^^^^^^^^^^^ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Boyd 0 wesboyd_at_dmci.net boydwe_at_dmci.net (Listservers) \__Q http://www2.dmci.net/users/wesboyd/default.htm \_| http://www2.dmci.net/users/wesboyd/kayak.htm \----------\^----------/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^0^^^^^^^^^^^^ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:32:56 PDT