Gerald said: "The main advantage is the ease of pumping out in choppy water with the sponsons attached. You can then relax after a capsize and gather your wits." What sort of pump of you using, a hand, electric, or foot? I ask this because a little practice in conditions that are likely to cause a capsize rapidly shows how hopeless hand pumping is. Have you used sponsons after an unintended capsize? How did it go? PT *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> Would two paddlefloats be more versatile? They could be used on either end > of a paddle held across the cockpit, or singly. I never heard of this method. Why don't you give it a try and let me know? >Sponsons require fitting out > the boat in advance They do, but it is easy. , and also reaching under the boat in rough conditions to > bring one sponson to the other side of the boat. Has this been a problem in > practice? No. You just clip in one side at a time. You can also just flip the boat. It is really not hard since you are not trying to balance. > A while ago I mused that inflatable paddlefloats could be fitted with corner > clips and double as sponsons. Why wouldn't that work? It might. But you would have to rig boat. Jerry *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Treby" <ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au> > the boat in advance, and also reaching under the boat in rough conditions to > bring one sponson to the other side of the boat. Has this been a problem in > practice? I have deployed the sponsons more while sitting in the kayak for sleep and hygiene time than rescue practice. This was done during the open water crossing of the Gulf of Mexico. A bit of advise that might help is to partially inflate the sponson that will be pushed under the kayak (while the kayak is in the upright poisition). Once the sponson is a little past half way of the center of the hull it will "pop up" on the other side. Arthur Hebert www.seacajun.com www.lacostadelgolfo.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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