I paddled the Necky Swallow, no bulkheads, for about four years. Plusses were that I could fit a 2-burner Coleman stove inside. There were lots of minuses. For floatation I used the biggest float bags I could find, and a sea sock. The sea sock worked great. When camping I would use dry bags for the gear etc, and float bags to fill the rest of the space. I did take a surf lesson in it once. Before I got the sea sock. Big mistake. When that boat filled with water, even with strapped in float bags, it was VERY heavy and hard to drag around in the surf. Barbara in Moss Beach California *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 16 2001 - 11:21:57 PST
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