> I have heard big orange bags being recommended, as they can do double duty > as windproof vapour-barrier raingear and as a means of signalling. Depending on where you live, the highway department has very large, very heavy duty orange bags. Very tough. I persuaded a VDOT (Virginia Dept of Transportation) friend to take a break from leaning on his shovel and bring me one. In his usual humorous way, he lamented that those bags weren't good for crap, so in despair, he and his "shovel buddies" (all of which look like ZZ Top originals) resorted to using them to stuff trash into when they find it along the side of the road. Anyway, they're tougher than anything I've found for sale retail (the bags, that is). Rick PS - He keeps telling me that if I want a boat, he'll get me a boat, and I can stop trying to get around the Bay in a hollowed out cigar. His theory - if you can't stand up and pee off the bow, it ain't a real boat. *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Oct 30 2003 - 12:56:33 PST
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