On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 07:40:40PM -0700, Steve Holtzman wrote: > One trick I learned from him is to buy two cheap camp stools to put > the boat on when you get off of the water and carry fresh water to > wash it down with. Another trick along these lines that I've found to work well if you're on relatively flat, although not necessarily level, ground is to set the bow and stern each on a piece of foam. What works really well is the long, rectangular foam blocks with a shallow vee cut on the top that are sold as cheap car topping devices for kayaks and canoes. You can get them in a variety of lengths, and every length I've seen fits trivially through a kayak hatch for "take it with you" convenience. I occasionally launch from one of the docks used by the local colleges for varsity crew. While convenient, they're loaded with nails that sit just high enough above the surface to take a good hunk out of your hull if whacked hard enough. And, believe it or not, just leaving the kayak on the dock when there is a good wind while one heads back to the car to grab more gear, is enough to send the boat (at least mine) spinning like a beenie propeller. Foam == no more spinning boat. -.- jwd *************************************************************************** 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 Aug 01 2002 - 06:21:24 PDT
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