I was talking to the Watershed rep a couple of days ago and decided to throw an idea I gave him into the public domain before it gets patented by someone. Maybe Tim Sp*ns*nman Ingram has just made me more paranoid about such things. My idea was to make a watertight deck bag that can be easily yanked free from its deck position (by a capsized paddler) and used to do a "Float Roll" by the paddler. (for those who don't know what it is, the "Float Roll" is described in the Manual for the Rescue Float Plus on our website). The deck bag could also be set up to double as a paddlefloat if the paddler failed to roll (with paddle, hand, or float) and exited the cockpit after capsizing. I envision a bag that is fairly streamlined so as to not interfere with ones paddle stroke (like so many foredeck bags do) but with enough volume to provide about a quarter cubic foot of flotation (16 pounds) even if packed with the normal day gear and snacks that are often kept in such a bag. I'd like to see a handle or a reasonably secure way to grip the bag and a shock cord tether (that would be long enough to leave attached to the kayak in a paddlefloat rescue situation). The tether would serve to prevent the bags loss if the capsize victim inadvertently let go of it once it had been pulled free of the deck. Maybe it would store under the bow deck bungies or maybe a quick release buckle could be released to allow it to slide back out of its moorings or case and into use to perform a "Float Roll". something that hold the bags shape when empty (so it will always have enough buoyancy) would seem to be needed. I am renouncing all rights of exclusivity to this idea. Anyone, including Watershed, who wants should feel free to use my idea and try to make a superior product and profit from it. Let the competition begin. Matt Broze www.marinerkayaks.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/ ***************************************************************************
The day that the Space Shuttle exploded, I was working on something like this, but it was just a float without the bag. I got the idea from Clas in Finland, who is a member of this group. He actually took the trouble to snail mail me the instructions and photos, all the way from Finland. I made it out of closed cell foam, using a glue gun, reinforced by sewing all around the edges. I made it WAY too big and ended up cutting it in half lengthwise. I took it out on my boat about twice but it takes up a lot of room on my foredeck. I have a rolling lesson scheduled for next weekend and plan to try it then, just to see if it works. If it is easy to use, I may make room for it on my foredeck, despite the space it takes up. Marsanne > I was talking to the Watershed rep a couple of days ago and decided to throw > an idea I gave him into the public domain before it gets patented by > someone. Maybe Tim Sp*ns*nman Ingram has just made me more paranoid about > such things. My idea was to make a watertight deck bag that can be easily > yanked free from its deck position (by a capsized paddler) and used to do a > "Float Roll" by the paddler. (for those who don't know what it is, the > "Float Roll" is described in the Manual for the Rescue Float Plus on our > website). The deck bag could also be set up to double as a paddlefloat if > the paddler failed to roll (with paddle, hand, or float) and exited the > cockpit after capsizing. I envision a bag that is fairly streamlined so as > to not interfere with ones paddle stroke (like so many foredeck bags do) > but with enough volume to provide about a quarter cubic foot of flotation > (16 pounds) even if packed with the normal day gear and snacks that are > often kept in such a bag. I'd like to see a handle or a reasonably secure > way to grip the bag and a shock cord tether (that would be long enough to > leave attached to the kayak in a paddlefloat rescue situation). The tether > would serve to prevent the bags loss if the capsize victim inadvertently let > go of it once it had been pulled free of the deck. Maybe it would store > under the bow deck bungies or maybe a quick release buckle could be released > to allow it to slide back out of its moorings or case and into use to > perform a "Float Roll". something that hold the bags shape when empty (so > it will always have enough buoyancy) would seem to be needed. I am > renouncing all rights of exclusivity to this idea. Anyone, including > Watershed, who wants should feel free to use my idea and try to make a > superior product and profit from it. Let the competition begin. > > Matt Broze *************************************************************************** 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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