Re: [Paddlewise] Down VS Synthetic

From: alex <al.m_at_3web.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:49:00 -0700
You don't trust a nylon drybag? But there is no choice, vinyl ones are even
less reliable.  Why wrap the drybag into garbage bag, and not vice versa
(i.e. to wrap sleeping bag into garbage bag or nylon stuff sack and then
into drybag)?

> The Seal
> Line tapered bag I use is coated nylon, so I might not trust a sleeping
bag
> in it in a boat with no watertight hatch (although the bag was fine on one
> occasion when I failed to close my hatch cover completely).  In a flolder
or
> SOF or another boat without a bulkhead, it would be prudent to wrap the
> drybag tightly (for space) in a large garbage bag.

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