> to stretch out in the cockpit..." I wonder if any paddlewisers have slept > in their boats, as is apparently possible with the Vitudden Ocean? How is > it done? Regards, Peter Treby 37°42'S 145°08'E As soon as you get that low in the boat, your stability goes way up. The Dagger Edisto (14ft plastic) has no front bulkhead; you can stretch out and lay your head on the back deck. I was very nervous about trying it, so I rigged a paddle float to lean on in case it didn't work. I was quite surprised by how stable the boat became once I was laying down. This was just a for a quick afternoon nap on a calm lake during a quiet little rain shower. Amazingly peaceful. Should be perfectly adaptable to overnighting on the water where all the surrounding land is private and vigilantly guarded. [ie, Devils River, South Texas, a river I badly want to tour by kayak, if I can ever manage to put 5 fall/winter days together in a row for a vacation...] Richard Walker Conroe, TX http://people.txucom.net/~rwwamtek/kayak_log.html *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Sep 07 2000 - 18:37:43 PDT
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