Koenigs wrote: > Despite their generally (or at least locally) recognized lack of lifesaving > utility, Arthur Hebert felt that sponsons played a significant role in the > safety of his Gulf of Mexico crossing in 1998, ( > http://homepages.gs.net/seacajun/ ). He deployed them nightly for 19 days to > stabilize his kayak while he caught 20 - 30 minute sleep segments between > scans of the horizon for approaching commercial ships. Clearly, this is not a > standard use for a sponson but, ... it apparently worked for him. He also told me in a back channel exchange of e-mails that he used them for extra stability when hoisting himself out of the cockpit to get to his hatches (food and water storage) and position himself over a collapsible bucket he put in his seat when those items eventually came out the other end! John *************************************************************************** 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 Nov 05 2002 - 08:13:20 PST
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