From: "Michael Daly" <michaeldaly_at_rogers.com> > Leaving them inflated on the rear deck increases wind load on the > kayak. Autoinflating means expensive CO2 cartridges. I just thought of another way to make an auto-inflating sponson. This from thinking in terms of a Thermarest. Make the sponsons with a long internal coil spring inside. Open a valve on one end and let the spring expand, filling the tube with air. This would be like those collapsible garden waste buckets and dirty laundry hampers that have recently arrived on the scene (Lee Valley and Ikea respectively - couldn't find online photos). This wouldn't create a rigidly inflated sponson, but a few puffs after the spring inflates it would do the trick. Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Dec 28 2001 - 15:37:22 PST
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