In a message dated 6/16/00 4:16:24 PM, dana.dickson_at_unisys.com writes: << Questions: How much 6 ox. glass cloth and resin etc is a small kit? 2 square feet, 1 sq. yard? Resin to fill the weave or enough for multiple coats? Other hardware, stainless steel nuts and bolts, foot pedal components? How much stuff is enough? >> When I pack I ask the fundamental question of what am I MOST likely to need and what do I KNOW how to use. I'd be about clueless about cloth and resin. If my life depended on it I'd learn BEFORE I went out but I'm MUCH more likely to need the duct tape, 3 flashlights, extra power bars and dental floss I carry. Don't laugh. I repaired a broken, or just about broken paddle with it. Simple thing like safety pins, sand paper (for broken fingernails as well as splinters in the Greenland paddles), space blanket, even in the 90-100 degree heat is good. It can be a REFLECTIVE tent that will stay cooler than hotter if needed. Nothing that doesn't have at least either calories or 2 uses comes with us. I play with how many things I can do with dental floss or even the light sticks. I have yet to get to 3 on that one but I'm still playing with it. 2 plastic garbage bags, that I can come up with about 15 uses for. Work on it. It's a fun project if you are waiting for your computer to reboot. I have decided I've reached my limit of STUFF. I'll spare you all the ENTIRE list because it is really long but fits in one, little drybag that hefts in at about 7+ pounds. But I'll bet under the circumstances I paddle in I could last until I went nuts from not getting a shower in unsalted water. Put I just ordered extra pegs from Current Designs. Can't decide if I carry one or not. Ain't small.8^(. I think I've reached the point where if I add something I have to take something away. Humm, I need to go sort the bag again . . . Joan Spinner * * * Paddling on the Chesapeake Bay watershed-a red, CD Breeze and a yellow/white CD Gulfstream *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jun 16 2000 - 17:56:07 PDT
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