Before buying my Pintail with an ocean cockpit a friend invited me over to try sitting in an ancient fiberglass whitewater boat with an ocean cockpit. As I began to slide into it he jokingly said to stick my head in first to look for scorpions. I took him seriously and was glad that I did. On the exact spot where you would put your left thigh was a wasp nest the size of a small watermelon. It really would have gotten ugly. Jim et al ----- Original Message ----- > Works well to keep the creepy crawlers out of the cockpit and allows the > interior to dry out. I always had to check closely when > it was time to load up the boats again before I put the full cockpit covers on > to make sure nothing had taken up residence in the boat. Now I don't worry > about it, just pop the screening, put on the neoprene cover and go> > John Blackburn *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Sep 10 2002 - 16:51:35 PDT
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