On Mon, 24 May 1999, Steve Jernigan wrote: > I can't recall seeing much discussion on this, and so would like to solicit > some advice from the good folks on this list. I have used one of the > roll-top backpack/drybag things without problem for flatwater pursuits. > However 5 or 10 minutes immersion in flowing water and exposure to sundry > accompanying riverine forces allowed enough river into my bag to dampen the > contents, which included some sthuff which I had REALLY hoped to keep dry > (that's why I put it in the drybag in the first place, right?). > No real problem THIS TIME, but . . . > So. Question then: when it really must stay dry, wadda ya do? Must I > "double-bag" everything for insurance? Any drybag style clearly superior? > Any dryness prayers or appeasements to the river gods I need to invoke? > TIA! > ByeBye! > S. cascade designs bags work for me ;-) from a few "wet incidents" myself, i have learned: while many folks pump air into their bags, for extra flotaion, this seems to suck in the water, as the cold water "compresses" the air in the bag, causing a sucking in of water. If I burp the bags, and later have an incident, rarely ever does water leak in. don't over fill the bag, you want _several_ folds over to be secure... mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [_| [_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: Nothing pains some people more than having to think. --Martin Luther King, Jr. *************************************************************************** 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 Mon May 24 1999 - 12:18:41 PDT
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