Arthur Hebert wrote: > > >>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, > Years ago, I was practicing with a friend in a double Klepper for a folding kayak race on the East River. We were joined by a friend in a single Klepper. We paddled up the East River. The guy was lagging behind us. He had had a late night out the previous evening and was tired. At one point when I looked back, I saw what looked like an empty boat. We raced back and found him stretched out inside asleep totally out of sight! Here it was a busy summer Friday late afternoon in one of the most heavily traveled commercial waters around and he was just floating along with the current asleep. God indeed does watch over babies, drunks, and careless kayakers. And yes you can sleep inside your boat. I have an article in my newsletter of a fellow who rigged a tent to place over his double Klepper so that he could sleep inside. He was paddling along a marshy shoreline where there really wasn't much dry land on which to pitch a tent. He took a small North Face tent and tore out the floor. In my article I suggested a similar sized Eureka tent, which would not be so costly to disfigure that way. He did use his set up for some six days, if I recall. If one chooses to sleep in a narrow kayak it may be a tight fit and you should probably deploy an outrigger or add spxnsxns. My guess is that the minimum width kayak for sleeping in would be around 24 inch beam just to give you some wiggle room. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 - 06:04:39 PDT
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