Jerry: "But I am also a believer in backups. Two backups are better than one." Fully agree. "The sponsons take up about as much space as a paddle float." Would two paddlefloats be more versatile? They could be used on either end of a paddle held across the cockpit, or singly. Sponsons require fitting out 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? A while ago I mused that inflatable paddlefloats could be fitted with corner clips and double as sponsons. Why wouldn't that work? 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/ ***************************************************************************
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