On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, K. Whilden wrote: > So here's my idea: To take an inflatable K-mart special raft for the > express purpose of anchoring the raft in 10-15' feet of water in the > multitude of nice sandy-bottomed and protected-from-weather coves that > litter the coast of Santa Cruz -- and then sleeping thereupon, in a bivvy > sack of course. The raft would be deflated and stored in the hold of the > kayak during the day, and it would probably have to be relatively dry in > the 1-2 feet of wind chop that often enter the coves at night. > > So what do you think? I think it's a great idea. The current Campmor catalog shows (p. 260) several small inflatables, e.g. the Sevylor K65, 94"x55" (deflated!, so maybe just long enough), 8 1/2 lb. $35. Guess you'd want to rig a hammock or something to keep you above the wet bottom? Have to carry it on your deck to the cave, set it up, anchor or tie it securely to something and use it for a base camp, I guess. Or maybe it would fold up enough to travel with, depending on how much else you carry. But how would you get it out if you had it in your "hold" and were alone? Do these caves commonly have beach at the back? I'm assuming not. Please keep us posted on however you end up doing this, and what happens. I'd like to try it. e Elaine Harmon - eilidh_at_dc.seflin.org - eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Oct 04 1999 - 19:55:16 PDT
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