> I can't imagine it would be very marketable because there just aren't that many > people out there with such elongated bodies that are both willing to try a > hammock and aren't concerned with weight.....My guess is that most hammock sales > are to backpackers who want the weight reduction compared to a tent... You're probably right. That's the problem with so many good ideas. Just not enough people making up the market for them to inspire anyone to enter into production. I have always thought that a good hammock would be a great idea for kayaking along rocky coasts -- like parts o the Caribbean, Maine, Ireland, many other places -- where landing on a nice beach with a flat place to camp is not always an option. If you can pull up on a rocky section and take some chocks and lock some cable into a couple of rock sections and string a hammock between them, you can sleep anywhere. The boat could be strung up the same way. Perhaps a bit of a crazy idea, but seems viable to me. Mark *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Oct 15 2000 - 16:38:17 PDT
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