> > John Somers wrote: > > > > Keeping water and also sand and grit out of a folding kayak is a challenge > > > for me also. I am concerned about the wear on the boat's skin when sand > > > gets between the frame pieces and the covering fabric. Then the flexing of > > > the boat over time could wear holes through the skin. Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 07:04:00 -0700 From: James Lofton >SNIP< "Here is what I use in my folders, and it keeps all the tracked in water and sand "in its place". >Big SNIP< I now have a bath tub effect. Any water or sand will be trapped in the carpet and cant't run through(the vynal)and only if it gets deeper than an inch, can it run over the ends. The carpet makes for toasty feet in the winter and is extra padding in the bags. James" Sounds good James. I definitely like the idea of toasty feet. I'm going looking for a piece of indoor/outdoor carpet, maybe Astroturf too. Cheers, John *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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