I have had a Pelican box for several years and have used it on rafting/WW kayaking trips. It is a great product- however it is pretty bulky and I think it would be difficult to use on the water in a solo sea kayak. Mine is an intermediate size- about what you would need for a telephoto and good SLR. It is easy to access, but in a sea kayak you would risk dumping the contents overboard unless the conditions were very calm. The shape of the box would make it difficult to securely attach it on the deck and still be accessible, and it would not be very comfortable or secure in the cockpit under your skirt. I am resigning myself to a small waterproof point and shoot camera rather than my full size Nikon for shooting from my sea kayak. If your objective is to safeguard your equipment to use on shore I can highly recommend the Pelican case. Walt *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Pelican and other boxes can be very water and air tight. To avoid problems when flying your equipment make sure there is a valve to open to equalize pressure. Also, be sure and close it to keep things dry. At 09:29 AM 6/6/2000 -0600, Walt wrote: >I have had a Pelican box for several years and have used it on rafting/WW >kayaking trips. It is a great product- however it is pretty bulky and I think >it would be difficult to use on the water in a solo sea kayak. Mine is an >intermediate size- about what you would need for a telephoto and good SLR. It >is easy to access, but in a sea kayak you would risk dumping the contents >overboard unless the conditions were very calm. The shape of the box would >make it difficult to securely attach it on the deck and still be accessible, >and it would not be very comfortable or secure in the cockpit under your >skirt. I am resigning myself to a small waterproof point and shoot camera >rather than my full size Nikon for shooting from my sea kayak. If your >objective is to safeguard your equipment to use on shore I can highly >recommend the Pelican case. > > > > > >Walt > > > > > >*************************************************************************** >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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