I hate sea condoms (also known as sea socks) so I am a "float bag" fanatic with my folding boat. I used to use standard kayak float bags to fill up the whole boat (other than the cockpit --- I have to sit somrwhere). It took six bags to do it, and tying each one of them to the frame was a pain in the posterior, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I like my boat to have so much flotation that I can safely paddle it when its flooded with as much water as it can hold. Now I get the same float bag coverage with 4 feathercraft bags. I use their standard large bow and stern bags and their more rectagular shaped mid section float bags (that's not the official name, but it gets the idea across). These are very expensive float bags. They work well, however, and in the final analysis, that whats most important. Tying them in is still a pain. I am going to experiment with making netting from nylon webing and creating "webbing bulkheads". These would fit right in front of my feet and just behind the seat. Water would pass though the netting, but the float bags and other dry bags wont. I'm all thumbs when it comes to building anything, but stiching webing into two loose nets should even fit my meager skills. --Tim *************************************************************************** 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 Thu May 20 1999 - 15:28:50 PDT
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