In a message dated 10/06/1999 9:58:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gwelker_at_pop.erols.com writes: << You may want to look at EasyRider's kayak catamaran system, which, last I saw, had a trampoline option like you are describing, though not long enough to sleep upon. Also, there is a catamaran system for the Monarch covered canoe. >> I was going to respond to this, but the EasyRider brochures are downstairs. I also have their 2-hour video which is a delight to watch because of the beautiful scenery. OK, maybe delight is an exagerration. They're the ones who have plastic hardshells that take apart into 3 pieces. Their ads show them on end looking like something from a modern Stonehenge. Usually have a full-color page ad on the inside cover of the main paddling magazines. Sandy Kramer Return-Path: <owner-paddlewise_at_ns1.intelenet.net> Received: from rly-zd01.mx.aol.com (rly-zd01.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.225]) by air-zd05.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP; Wed, 06 Oct 1999 21:58:24 -0400 Received: from ns1.intelenet.net ([207.38.45.9]) by rly-zd01.mx.aol.com (v61.13) with ESMTP; Wed, 06 Oct 1999 21:58:05 2000 Received: (from majordom_at_localhost) by ns1.intelenet.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA18678 Wed, 6 Oct 1999 18:53:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns.intelenet.net (ns.intelenet.net [204.182.160.1]) by ns1.intelenet.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA18671 Wed, 6 Oct 1999 18:52:53 -0700 (PDT) From: gwelker_at_pop.erols.com Received: from smtp3.erols.com (smtp3.erols.com [207.172.3.236]) by ns.intelenet.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA22847 for <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>; Wed, 6 Oct 1999 18:52:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from D2Laptop (207-172-175-244.s53.as6.rkv.md.dialup.rcn.com [207.172.175.244]) by smtp3.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA15734 for <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>; Wed, 6 Oct 1999 21:52:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 21:52:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199910070152.VAA15734_at_smtp3.erols.com> X-Sender: gwelker_at_pop.erols.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] floating campsites Sender: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Precedence: list X-Listname: Paddlewise Mailing List X-Subscription-Info: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit You may want to look at EasyRider's kayak catamaran system, which, last I saw, had a trampoline option like you are describing, though not long enough to sleep upon. Also, there is a catamaran system for the Monarch covered canoe. At 08:19 PM 10/6/99 -0400, you wrote: >Once I sketched out an idea for two kayaks to join together in tandem with >cross bars. A fabric stretched across would form a platform for cooking and >sleeping. Then one could anchor in shallow, protected coves without having >to go ashore on fragile islands or areas where camping is not allowed. Of >course, quite a bit more engineering is needed to make the rig lightweight, >strong, and practical. > >I believe Herreshoff cruised in a small catamaran as a lad. Anyone ever >hear of such an arrangement for kayaks? > >Tom > >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not >to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ >*************************************************************************** > Greg Welker "When I'm mobile....." *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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