The only thing on the deck of my kayak is my chart. I have seen people capsize in surf because a wave has hit their deckbag and knocked them over. I have also seen people with so much unnecessary gear on their deck that their boat looks like the blue light special table at a K-Mart. My paddlefloat and pump are tethered to the seat and stored inside the cockpit between the seat and the hull. My water is in a Camelback that I wear, and anything else I might need is either in my day hatch or behind my seat. Besides, gear on the deck of a kayak ruins its beautiful lines. (gr) Steve Holtzman ----- Original Message ----- From: PeterO To: 'Paddlewise' Sent: January 25, 2002 10:29 PM Subject: [Paddlewise] Great day on the harbour or physician heal thyself!! It turns out my new non draining, non waterproof deck bag has slowly filled with about 3kG of water. Worse, it was only held by bungee and was dangling off the boat like a very effective sea anchor!!! Physician heal thyself!! What advice should I give me!!!!! *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Jan 26 2002 - 06:37:18 PST
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