> I'm curious how many Pungo owners out there put air bags > in the front-rear of their boats in order to prevent a full swamping? I'd think that *any* boat without air tight bulkheads (and even some that do) should have flotation bags forward and aft. In many circumstances, it's advisable to use them inside the hatches if you're paddling empty - hatches and bulkheads fail from time to time. Anything that displaces water is a good thing. Well, except things that sink, like lead, sandbags, etc. :-) And, don't forget, if the conditions were bad enough to swamp your Pungo, they are likely to be bad enough that you can't bail it out as you describe. It will be filling back up as fast or faster than you can empty it. OTOH, if you swamped for reasons other than weather or water conditions, then no worries. Rick *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jul 23 2003 - 06:32:57 PDT
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