On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, JT wrote: > I am curious, though -- why can't they/you just pull the bag out into the > cockpit, inflate it and then push it back into the front of the boat? Even > if my bag did not have the extension, pulling it in and out and > inflating/deflating it until it was perfect would be a rather easy thing to > do. Am I missing something here? Yep, you are missing something. Floatbags only do their designed job if they stay in the kayak even when it is filled with water. If you can pull an inflated float bag out with your hands, then the water can do the same. If the bag is inflated in place, then there is a greater chance of it getting wedged in with a bit more force. Cheers, Kevin ------------------------------- | Kevin Whilden | | kwhilden_at_seanet.com | | Kayak Academy Instructor | | http://www.halcyon.com/kayak | ------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 03 1999 - 13:54:03 PDT
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