Yeah, I looked up the iPod accessories and there are a couple of good quality waterproof cases. I do want a player with a lot of low bass, which limits my options, though proper bit-rate can help with better dynamics. I obviously would be careful to not play tunes loudly in and around boat traffic. Where I paddle, Race Rocks, in the wind, there ain't any marine traffic out there; though I did see a Zodiac literally flying over the waves a wjile back. I think they were doing some training or testing, and/or some rich American paid extra for a wild whale-watching escapade. One would be able to hear the prop even with Wagner full on in the headphones, though in some of the gales out there, you can't hear anything past the shrieking, anyway. However, no more accessories are allowed on my boat, lest I push Canadian marine authorities to pass an kayak anti-paraphernalia law. Who wants a law named after them? Perhaps I'll get around to that fancy, custom wood kayak one day soon, less accessorized than my current ride, with room for a sound system. How about a little Curly Maple for good sound board acoustics? Anyway, Race Rocks has been "rocking" non-stop the last few weeks with this Aleutian low beating the jet stream southward. Rock on man!!!!!!!!!!! Doug Lloyd Victoria BC Elias posted: > > Yes. I've done it a few times on some lakes where I wasn't worried about > getting run over by a boat or tipping over. If you're going out more for > exercise, or you're getting tired, it is a great morale booster. > > There appears to be a number of waterproof cases and things for an iPod > and other popular MP3 players if you already own one. You also need > waterproof headphones, or just use a pair of cheap headphones under a hat. > > It might be fun to mount some waterproof speakers under the deck, and hook > up a car stereo to a bilge pump battery. You could then blast "Ride of > the Valkyries" as you were making the rounds, but that'd probably be > against Leave No Trace ethics. But, I wonder how good of a sounding board > a kayak would make? *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 14 2005 - 23:25:06 PDT
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