At 06:53 PM 5/11/2004 -0500, Mark Arnold wrote: >Having been a reader of Paddlewise for a number of years, I have become a >firm believer in carrying the proper safety gear and for critical items >carrying backup safety gear. However, I do not paddle to be safe. I >paddle to have fun. So I have decided that I need to carry all the proper >fungear when I paddle. Of course if you can not reach your gear then you >can not use it and can not have fun with it. Therefore I tend to have a >few items stored on my deck. At a recent symposium one of the >instructors chided me for having an unsafe kayak because I had 2 water >bottles under the bungees on the foredeck. He said having anything on >the deck was unsafe because it could interfere with a rescue. I thought >that was a little extreme, but since I now am carrying a few extra items >in addition to the water bottles I thought I should run the list by all >the Paddlewisers out there and get your thoughts on proper storage >techniques. Below is my list for a simple day paddle. > >On the front deck: >ET CETERA..... Thank you, Mark! Thank you, thank you, and well... thank you! I have been collecting and reading lists from all over the net for the last several months. This is the first list that makes complete sense to me! I am going to print, then laminate it. I will have to laminate my copy of YOUR list, so that, in case I use/lose/have stolen an item, I will be able to re-check the list and re-supply my (thank goodness) large volume - large deck surface kayak. Please email me if you find you have forgotten any (even the most questionable) item that needs to be added to the MASTER LIST. Tom *************************************************************************** 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 Tue May 11 2004 - 17:18:59 PDT
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