Mark wrote, "That $1.69 flowered shower cap over-cover idea is sounding better by the minute. Maybe I could get white shower caps and paint Inuit pictographs on them." Y'know, there is a real option. Palm (and others) make neoprene hatch covers for VCP hatches which are designed to be carried for emergencies. (Wouldn't try a polar circumnavigation with them, but they're pretty sturdy and tend to stay on adequately.) For storage or transport (tether them!), these little neoprene "frisbies" tend to be good replacements for the standard hatch. They're not rocket science, either. Even Shawn could probably make one --- just discs of neoprene, sized appropriately, with a ring of bungie cord sewn into the edge. (Still well beyond my capabilty, however.) A thought, especially with Stan saying these things could go in a year or two! (Makes me wonder why mine are so good after nine years! Gotta paddle more!) Jack Martin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jul 28 2000 - 12:47:07 PDT
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