Kelty has a "Sun Shade" that sells for about $150. Weighs eleven pounds (sales pitch says "nine"). All the weight is in the poles-- which is the salient problem of sunshades. The bigger they are, the bigger the wind hazard. I used one of these two years ago in Prince William Sound in a fairly vigorous storm and it did fine. I have seen some homemade models, however, that did as much with lighter poles than Kelty's. I do like the Kelty design, but I'm no engineer. Four people can while away a stormy day under one in relative comfort. Doug Montgomery San Francisco *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Apr 06 1999 - 20:40:17 PDT
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