Subject: [Paddlewise] Hand Pumps Mark asked: >>>>>Do any hand pumps come with some type device to hook underneath your thigh? It seems then you could free up the hand that usually holds the pump down on the upstroke. That would free up at least one hand to help keep the boat steady.<<<<<<< Randy Washburne (of "Coastal Kayaker's Manual" fame) would take a light aluminum bar about 9 or 10" long and 2.5" wide and put a hole in the middle just slightly bigger than the pump tube diameter (but smaller than the diameter of the removable end cap that holds the clapper valve). The end cap can be removed (for cleaning or installing this device) by hooking it on a hard edge and pealing it off. The downside is the pump is much harder to store with the device in place and it can't be easily field installed just when it is needed. Maybe the "T" arms need to hinge up for storage (or have a gate into the device's hole so the bottom of the pump doesn't have to be removed to install it on the pump). All of the above in a buoyant and warmer plastic material might make it more marketable (and might eliminate the need for the pump float collar too to help defray the cost). 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Aug 02 2003 - 14:19:41 PDT
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