Derek wrote: > Hello > > I have a couple of additional freeze-up questions similar to the one > posted about the paddle. > > Has anyone had any issues with their paddlefloat valve freezing open or > closed? This could potentially render it useless. Thoughts? Derek, in hard freeze-up conditions dipping the paddlefloat valve in the liquid water repeatedly and then using the warmth of your mouth should free it. We do not get really cold conditions here, however ... maybe -5 C or so is as cold as it gets ... so I've not experienced this. Another preventative measure is to store it belowdecks, where your body heat in the cockpit might keep it warm enough not to freeze up. > Also, I typically clip my gear to the deck of my boat with a piece of > rope and a caribeener of some sort (various styles). Any issues with > these freezing up? Thoughts? These do freeze up, although the ones with relatively open gates are not difficult to bounce free. I suspect you'd be advised to minimize deck gear in subfreezing weather. What are you clipping to deck pad eyes, anyhow? -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Oct 16 2006 - 08:06:04 PDT
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