Re: [Paddlewise] Deck/Underdeck storage?

From: ralph diaz <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 18:34:40 -0500
> Ralph, as a Feathercraft K-1 paddler, I gave up on underdeck bags a long
time
> ago. I'm 6'2". It's hard enough getting in and out of the boat in a hurry
as
> it is! And then add a sea sock and the whole launching (or landing) can
> become slapstick. (Doug Simpson just HAS to come up with a longer sea
sock--
> one size DOESN'T fit all). I carry a small, clear drybag on my lap, but
that
> has to stay on deck until I'm launched.

I don't use a seasock.  So I can attach a bag to the underside of the deck
bar in front of me.  I know some people who sew in a daisy chain into the
sea sock and attach things inside the cockpit that way.

ralph diaz

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