Re: [Paddlewise] Foot Pumps

I had to jump in on this one, since the pump thing is something that I no
longer have a problem with. I have a Henderson foot pump mounted to a FG
bulkhead.  The pump is surrounded by 2 inches of dense foam that I use for
bracing (no foot pegs)  I can and have used the pump under combat
conditions in rough* seas.  I can brace with little to no loss of support
while pumping during which time I am paddling away from the scene.    The
system I use works: job done.  It has worked flawlessly for two years of
paddling. It has worked for better paddlers than me for a much longer time.
Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Les

* an example:  http://members.aa.net/~lesdiane/oclinics.html


At 07:46 PM 1/23/00 -0500, Michael R Noyes wrote:
>You missed one point that I have been wondering about for a while now.
>The foot pump is supposed to be an asset because you have your hands
>free for bracing and paddling.  If you have one foot off the pegs so you
>can pump how can you effectively brace?  then there is the off balance
>paddling because one foot is off the pegs, but I suppose you could time
>your strokes to your pumping rhythm to correct that.
>
>Mike
>
>--
>    Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are
>visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a
>great
>blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a
>mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your
>passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space.
>Mark H Hunt
>
>
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