>>Peter Treby 37°42'S 145°08'E >I wonder if any paddlewisers have slept in their boats, as is apparently >possible with the Vitudden Ocean? How is it done? >Regards, > Slept in a Eddyline Wind Dancer for 19 continuos nights. I would not have considered sleeping with my body totally within the cockpit and below the deck on the open sea. This decision was made after many methods of sleeping in the kayak was tested prior to the nineteen nights. The Wind Dancer being 24" at the beam created problems for quick actions to resume a defensive paddling position. The final method was being fully dressed (PFD and spray skirt, on and attached). Cushion was added on the seat during sleep to raise my bottom off the seat. The raising of my bottom was needed in order to lay my head back on a paddle float positioned on the rear deck. Seas encountered during sleep ranged from calm to eight feet. Due to the currents and wind in the Gulf of Mexico the seas were almost always in a confused state. Sea anchor was deployed along with sponsons. During sleep the material that was velcroed on the rear of the Soltex hat was turned toward the front. This allowed the material to cover my face. Many nights the waves would continuously break onto my face. Even waves of only four feet or less splashed on the side of the hull which would cause water to enter my mouth. The material after wetted stuck to my face and minimize the saltwater infiltration. John, I never thought of bringing the kayak in bed with the wife and I. I did although kiss the wife good night many a nights and went into the back yard or my workshop and slept in the kayak. Hey beats sleeping in the dog house! Arthur Hebert http://homepages.gs.net/seacajun *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 08 2000 - 00:05:14 PDT
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