>It's a good idea. Your sitting in your kayak and have nasty weather >surrounding you and do you want to take off your PFD to put on a jacket? >This would suffice if you were sure that nothing was going to happen to >involve you in rescuing your self. If however the other became true, you >could now have Xlbs of wet fabric to contend with along with all the hell >breaking loose around you. Newbie here, with a question that you long timers probably solved - where does one stash all these things that you might want to use when the conditions deteriorate? At the moment I'm loath to open a hatch (if I could reach one) in such conditions. So far I can just paddle to the bank and deal with things. What do you do miles from terra firma? Dress for the worst and sweat like a pig the majority of the time? Should I build a stripper and add a "storm hatch", which like a "day hatch" can be accessed without opening a hatch? Do people use deck bags? Back-pouches? Cheers, Carey *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Dec 07 2003 - 17:56:21 PST
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