Dan wrote: << BUT if you use your paddlefloat, it and the PFD will allow the boat to be lifted and drained. I just tuck the paddlefloat under an arm. Works real well for me.>> <This is the method we teach. I haven't tried it in storm conditions but it works in the ocean under normal (not flat) conditions, for us anyway. Jed> And Then Peter said... "Well, blow me down. If you have your paddlefloat inflated, why bother going to the bow and emptying the boat from the water? Why not re-enter and roll, using the paddlefloat if need be. Then pump out with your foot and/or electric pump, when you're out of the water in your boat." I don't have an inflatable paddlefloat. If it has to hold air it won't so I have a foam paddlefloat. Its bulky but it works and I don't have to worry about blowing it up or it leaking. I have not compared it with an air float but I suspect the my foam float has more bouyancy than the air bladder examples I have seen. I don't have a roll so rentering the boat and rolling is not an option. The problem with hand pumps is that they are very slow. I think they are all but useless if you have lots of water in the boat. I can drain almost all the water out of the water filled kayak in seconds by lifting the bow. Later... Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Mar 22 2001 - 04:28:47 PST
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