Hi all, It is common kayak knowledge that you have to pump to get your kayak empty after a resque. Recently I remebered the days that I was on holliday with my parents, and we always brought a small Zodiac inflatable with an outboard engine mounted on the rear bulkhead. To get rid of any water ther were two holes in that bulkhead, fitted with rubber one- way valves to prevent the water coming into the boat. When moving even at little speed the water in the boat was sucked out through the holes. These things must have some name in English, but my Englisch is to limited to know such details. For sailing boats a similar thing exists, but it is not fitted in a rear bulkhead but in the bottom. It is a kind of extendable wedge made of stainless steel that comes down like a moving skeg. I do not know if these devices also have a valve fitted. Has anybody tried one of these devices on a kayak? I wonder if it would function at our speeds. Surely not as a primary pumping device, but they might come in handy as a back up or to get the last part of the water out. And, please, help me out: how do you call it in English?? Greetings, Merijn ****************************** Merijn Wijnen Vinkenhofje 8 5613 CN Eindhoven The Netherlands Tel.: 040-2939991 (job: 040-2650539) Fax: same as tel., call before sending or try twice E-mail: Home: merijn_at_music.demon.nl Job: m.wijnen_at_ind.tno.nl Web-site: http://www.music.demon.nl *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 20 2001 - 14:39:30 PST
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