Re: [Paddlewise] getting rid of water using a ???????

From: Peter Unold <pjunold_at_daimi.au.dk>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 00:09:11 +0100
On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 23:37:25 +0100, you wrote:

Merijn asks:
[...]
>
>And, please, help me out: how do you call it in English??
>

It's called a self bailer or just bailer. Here's a picture of a bailer
in a single scull: http://www.sculling.com/self_bailer.html

I've often wondered how well a bailer would work in seakayak, but I
haven't got the guts to actually cut a hole in my kayak to find out.

 best regards
  Peter

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