----- Original Message ----- From: "William Wetzel" <wewjr_at_comcast.net> > If you don't get a kayak cover at least get a cockpit cover, especially if > your boat travels in saddles. It keeps the cockpit clean - no grit, no bugs > (especially spiders) and no rain water. I have a CD Gulfstream with an Old > Town cockpit cover that fits just fine. One word of caution. I had one > blow off on the NJ Turnpike. Now I secure the cover by threading the > tie-down strap through the cover's front grab loop. Some cockpit covers have a small snap hook at the front end that can be connected to a deck line or D-ring. I had a cockpit cover loosen and would have lost it on the NY Thruway except for that hook. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 1365, Highland, NY 12528 Tel: 845-384-6979; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Aug 06 2003 - 14:11:50 PDT
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