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From: Derek <glamourpets_at_yahoo.com>
subject: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:30:39 -0700 (PDT)
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?

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?

Derek  

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From: Jim Farrelly <JFarrelly5_at_comcast.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:51:56 -0400
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?
>  
>
Couldn't you simply stick it in your mouth to melt it?

>Jim et al
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From: Steve Holtzman <sh_at_actglobal.net>
subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:56:54 -0700
Derek wrote:

> Has anyone had any issues with their paddlefloat valve 
> freezing open or closed?  This could potentially render it 
> useless.  Thoughts?
> 

Most people I know that are paddling in extremely cold water, use a solid
paddlefloat. I understand that it is very difficult to seal your lips around
the valve when it is freezing outside.

Steve Holtzman
Southern Calif
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From: Derek <glamourpets_at_yahoo.com>
subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:14:29 -0700 (PDT)
> Most people I know that are paddling in extremely
> cold water, use a solid
> paddlefloat. I understand that it is very difficult
> to seal your lips around
> the valve when it is freezing outside.

My understanding with the foam style is that they
don't have nearly the same boyancy as the inflatable
variey.  If you need a paddlefloat during winter
conditions, you are in danger.  It seems to me that
you are going to want all the boyancy you can get. 
Thoughts?

Derek
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From: Darryl <Darryl.Johnson_at_sympatico.ca>
subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:35:29 -0400
> > Most people I know that are paddling in extremely
> > cold water, use a solid
> > paddlefloat. I understand that it is very difficult
> > to seal your lips around
> > the valve when it is freezing outside.
> 
> My understanding with the foam style is that they
> don't have nearly the same boyancy as the inflatable
> variey.  If you need a paddlefloat during winter
> conditions, you are in danger.  It seems to me that
> you are going to want all the boyancy you can get. 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Derek

There are various sizes that the foam floats come in. If you're 
worried about buoyancy I'd say get the largest you can find. But a 
test in warm water would be called for, I think.

And less buoyancy is OK as long as there is *enough* buoyancy. <grin> 
I guess that would depend on your skill level.

The inflatables take longer to get into "working" condition. Several 
people have mentioned that it is difficult to control your breathing 
and to get a good seal on the inflation tube with your lips when you 
are in freezing water. So even if you can get the float inflated, 
it's still going to take several seconds longer to get the float 
ready. I've been in really cold water, once, and if it happens again, 
I want out of the water RIGHT NOW. I don't want to be wasting time 
trying to get an inflatable float ready for service.

Then there's the danger of the plastic splitting or cracking in the 
cold. An inflatable with a leak is of no use at all.

-- 
  Darryl
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From: Bradford_Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:37:36 -0700
> Derek Pondered:
>> Most people I know that are paddling in extremely
>> cold water, use a solid
>> paddlefloat. I understand that it is very difficult
>> to seal your lips around
>> the valve when it is freezing outside.
>
> My understanding with the foam style is that they
> don't have nearly the same boyancy as the inflatable
> variey.  If you need a paddlefloat during winter
> conditions, you are in danger.  It seems to me that
> you are going to want all the boyancy you can get.
> Thoughts?

What do you do if your lips freeze to the valve of
your inflatable paddle float?

Bradford R. Crain
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Portland State University
724 SW Harrison St.
334 Neuberger Hall
Portland, Or. 97201

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From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:18:34 -0700
On 10/16/06, Bradford_Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu> wrote:

What do you do if your lips freeze to the valve of
> your inflatable paddle float?
>
> I'm thinking that is about the time to switch to cross-country skiing. :)


Craig Jungers
Royal City, WA
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From: Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:06:18 -0700
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
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From: Darryl <Darryl.Johnson_at_sympatico.ca>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:48:23 -0400
> 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?
> 
> 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?
> 
> Derek  
> 

In conditions cool enough for water to freeze, I'd seriously consider 
a foam paddlefloat that does not require inflation. The time saved 
while in the water is one thing, plus there's one less thing to fail.

The carabiner isn't going to freeze, but it might get a coating of 
ice on it that would make it difficult to use. As is the rope and any 
gear attached to it.

-- 
  Darryl
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From: <Rcgibbert_at_aol.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:07:22 EDT
In a message dated 10/16/2006 7:36:45 AM Pacific Standard Time,  
glamourpets_at_yahoo.com writes:

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?
 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
Not in balmy Washington state. But, I have friends that like to put their  
paddlefloats on deck. On one particular paddle waves freed them from their  
bondage on deck, unrolled and filled with water while the paddler was busy  
bracing. One guy capsized, rolled up, plucked his float up and got out of there.  
The other had to be helped out of her predicament. Unless you are using a  
seasock which likely precludes storing it in your cockpit, find a place behind  
your seat or make a place to keep it in your cockpit. Don't tempt the waves into  
stealing it and making a predicament out of you.
 
Cheers,
 
Rob G
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From: kiayker <kiayker_at_sbcglobal.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:46:23 -0700
   It has been my personal experience that solid paddlefloats suck! They are
big and bulky and difficult to carry, and they have less floatation then the
inflatables. I have not done a great deal of paddling in really cold water,
but it would seem to me that if that was your inclination you should either
have a bomb proof roll or be wearing a drysuit - or both! Either way I
believe the paddler will find greater benefit from carrying an inflatable
paddlefloat over the hard one. The extra seconds you may save are just not
worth the overall aggravation.
   My 2 cents.

Scott
So.Cal.
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From: Darryl <Darryl.Johnson_at_sympatico.ca>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:12:28 -0400
>    It has been my personal experience that solid paddlefloats suck! They are
> big and bulky and difficult to carry, and they have less floatation then the
> inflatables. I have not done a great deal of paddling in really cold water,
> but it would seem to me that if that was your inclination you should either
> have a bomb proof roll or be wearing a drysuit - or both! Either way I
> believe the paddler will find greater benefit from carrying an inflatable
> paddlefloat over the hard one. The extra seconds you may save are just not
> worth the overall aggravation.
>    My 2 cents.
> 
> Scott
> So.Cal.

I quite agree with your assessment of foam (solid) paddle floats. 
However, in really cold water, you lose a lot of ability to get an 
inflatable one blown up, and in really cold water, this is not 
something you want to be fooling around with.

I go out in *quite* cold water once or twice a winter -- ice floating 
by and snow on the ground. I don't roll. I wear a dry suit, but even 
there, it doesn't take long in really cold water for the cold to sap 
your strength. And the drysuit doesn't do a thing to help your lips 
form a seal around the inflation tube, or to help control your 
breathing if you've gone underwater and you're gasping for breath and 
panting. The extra seconds you save can be the difference between 
making it or not.

The drysuit also doesn't help at all to protect the plastic 
inflatable float from cracking in the cold, or catching on something 
in your cockpit when you drag it out, especially since your motor 
control is minimal at best in those conditions.

And, finally, I still say that a leak in an inflatable in warm water 
in inconvenient; in icy cold water, it can be a killer. Do you check 
your inflatable *every* time you go out? I know I don't.

-- 
  Darryl
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From: Michael Daly <mikedaly_at_magma.ca>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:20:30 -0400
Darryl wrote:

> However, in really cold water, you lose a lot of ability to get an 
> inflatable one blown up, and in really cold water, this is not 
> something you want to be fooling around with.

I think that if you are that dependent on a paddle float in cold conditions, you 
are in conditions that are beyond your abilities.  If you are solo, you should 
be able to roll.  If you are in a group, you should be able to do an assisted 
rescue.  If conditions don't allow an assisted rescue, find a fireplace and a 
cup of hot cider.

Mike
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From: Darryl <Darryl.Johnson_at_sympatico.ca>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:39:34 -0400
> I think that if you are that dependent on a paddle float in cold conditions, you 
> are in conditions that are beyond your abilities.  If you are solo, you should 
> be able to roll.  If you are in a group, you should be able to do an assisted 
> rescue.  If conditions don't allow an assisted rescue, find a fireplace and a 
> cup of hot cider.
> 
> Mike

I generally agree with this, but the original question was about 
whether an inflatable paddlefloat would freeze up when paddling on 
cold water and in cold weather.

My reply was that I'd use a solid paddle float in those conditions.

I do not roll, and have been unsuccessfull at learning. I tend not to 
paddle solo in "bad" conditions, but a paddlefloat re-entry is a 
useful tool in *my* arsenal of rescues. Even an assisted rescue -- in 
the times I've tried it -- goes faster with a paddlefloat helping 
out.

Notice I have tried to stress the "I" and the "my" in all this. Some 
people insist on a roll. That's fine. We won't be paddling much 
together, since my attempts to learn a roll have been failures. Some 
people say don't paddle solo. That's fine too, but I paddle quite a 
bit out by myself. I probably wouldn't do a solo circumnavigation of 
Lake Superior any time soon though.

In fact, I tend to get a wee bit nervous around people who start 
getting all dogmatic on me. 

But horses for courses. 

-- 
  Darryl (I'd like to get a fireplace on my kayak though)
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From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:44:36 -0700
On 10/17/06, Darryl <Darryl.Johnson_at_sympatico.ca> wrote:
    "Darryl (I'd like to get a fireplace on my kayak though)"

I tried an electric blanket but I ran out of extension cord. :)

Craig Jungers
Royal City, WA
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From: Tom Buckley <nbrunner_at_telus.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Solid or Inflatable
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:16:01 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
From: kiayker 
 
Either way I Believe the paddler will find greater benefit from carrying an
inflatable 
Paddlefloat over the hard one. The extra seconds you may save are just not 
Worth the overall aggravation. 
My 2 cents. 
 
Scott 
So.Cal. 
 
That brings up a question for me. What is the best type of float to have,
solid or inflatable? 
 
Tom,
Nanaimo, BC
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From: Mark Sanders <sandmarks_at_comcast.net>
subject: [Paddlewise] Paddle float vs. Paddle float
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:30:44 -0700
My inflatable paddle float has been relegated to the farther recesses of my
kayak.
I took my small swimming kickboard and made a paddle float out of it. It's a
little bulkier, but I can do a re-entry roll with it all day long. The stiff
flat face makes for a more natural sweep stroke and gives me enough bouyancy
to make up for my lack of technique. Once back inside, it can be used to
make paddle strokes a lot easier than the regular float. So I just keep it
on whilst my electric pump returns the sea water to it's rightful place.

Mark Sanders
http://sandmarks.home.comcast.net

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   It has been my personal experience that solid paddlefloats suck! They are
big and bulky and difficult to carry, and they have less floatation then the
inflatables.
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From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Paddle float vs. Paddle float
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:16:39 -0700
Do you have any pics of your modifications on your website, Mark? I have one
of these kickboards and it seems to me that securing anything to it that
would hold the paddle would simply tear up the foam. But I could be
vision-challenged in this regard. :)

Craig Jungers
Royal City, WA

On 10/16/06, Mark Sanders <sandmarks_at_comcast.net> wrote:
>
> My inflatable paddle float has been relegated to the farther recesses of
> my kayak.


I took my small swimming kickboard and made a paddle float out of it. It's a
> little bulkier, but I can do a re-entry roll with it all day long. The stiff
> flat face makes for a more natural sweep stroke and gives me enough bouyancy
> to make up for my lack of technique. Once back inside, it can be used to
> make paddle strokes a lot easier than the regular float. So I just keep it
> on whilst my electric pump returns the sea water to it's rightful place.
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From: Mark Sanders <sandmarks_at_comcast.net>
subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Paddle float vs. Paddle float
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:21:28 -0700
Craig Jungers wrote:
>Do you have any pics of your modifications on your website, Mark?

I do now!

http://sandmarks.home.comcast.net

Mark Sanders
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From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Paddle float vs. Paddle float
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:24:17 -0400
I sorta figured one might appear. That looks simple enough to just whack one
out. I wonder if Big5 has them on closout. I just hope no one else looks.
<grin>


Thanks Mark,

Craig Jungers
Royal City, WA

On 10/17/06, Mark Sanders <sandmarks_at_comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Craig Jungers wrote:
> >Do you have any pics of your modifications on your website, Mark?
>
> I do now!
>
> http://sandmarks.home.comcast.net
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From: Bob Carter <revkayak_at_aptalaska.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:42:10 -0800
Living in Alaska I always paddle in cold water and I always use a solid 
paddle float because:

*Inflatables can puncture, valves can leak or stick open or closed.
*Solid floats save time since they are always inflated
*Mine is homemade and has equal floatation to any inflatable I have seen.
*In rough seas the longer it takes to blow up and rig a paddle float the 
more chances of something going wrong.
*If you have been battling rough seas for a long time and flip you may not 
have much breath left to inflate the paddle float.
*In very cold water even with a dry suit you are going to experience a 
temperature change and for some this makes it hard to get a deep breath.
* My solid paddle float doubles as a kneeling pad while I am loading my 
boat. This keeps barnacles from ripping the knees out of my dry suit.
During the summer I have seen extreme differences between the water 
temperture and the air temperture. The water this past summer never got 
above 50 (40 down by the LeConte) Yet a couple days the air temperature 
reached into the low 80's. A dry suit in 80 degree weather is way too hot so 
I go with Hydro skin. So if I flipped the hydro skin would keep me warm 
enough to do a paddle float rescue provided I didn't have to blow the thing 
up!
Also in the past we have discussed gasp reflex where some people inhale by 
reflex when their head hits cold water. Coughing up water and blowing up a 
paddle float are not compatablable activities.

Bob
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From: Steve Holtzman <sh_at_actglobal.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:58:41 -0700
Derek wrote:
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 8:14 AM

> 
> My understanding with the foam style is that they don't have nearly 
> the same buoyancy as the inflatable variey.  If you need a paddlefloat 
> during winter conditions, you are in danger.  It seems to me that you 
> are going to want all the boyancy you can get. 


Derek,

I have both an inflatable (my main safety device) and a rigid float (used
primarily when I was learning to roll). It's easy to do a paddlefloat
recovery with either. In cold water, the rigid float is much faster because
you don't have to inflate it.

The most important thing is to get out of the cold water ASAP.

Steve 
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From: Michael Daly <mikedaly_at_magma.ca>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:23:59 -0400
Steve Holtzman wrote:

> It's easy to do a paddlefloat recovery with either.

I've come across a lot of paddlers who are too heavy to use a typical solid 
paddle float.  Even when doing a reasonable re-entry, the paddle sinks to the 
point where re-entry is impossible.  Large paddlers would have to find (or make) 
an unusually large solid float to substitute for an inflatable.

Mike
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From: Steve Holtzman <sh_at_actglobal.net>
subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:45:01 -0700
Mike wrote:
> I've come across a lot of paddlers who are too heavy to use a 
> typical solid paddle float.  Even when doing a reasonable 
> re-entry, the paddle sinks to the point where re-entry is 
> impossible.

Mike,

I'm fairly large at 230 lbs. Where I paddle, the water is warm enough that
an inflatable is not a problem to use in the winter but I have practiced
with a Northwater foam float that I purchased when I was first learning to
roll. It hasn't presented any problems for me.

Steve Holtzman
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From: Mark Sanders <sandmarks_at_comcast.net>
subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:31:36 -0700
I'm pretty big. I had to use a sofa cushion.

Mark Sanders
http://sandmarks.home.comcast.net

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I've come across a lot of paddlers who are too heavy to use a typical solid
paddle float.  Even when doing a reasonable re-entry, the paddle sinks to
the
point where re-entry is impossible.  Large paddlers would have to find (or
make)
an unusually large solid float to substitute for an inflatable.

Mike
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From: Matt Broze <mkayaks_at_oz.net>
subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 23:54:46 -0700
"Darryl" <Darryl.Johnson_at_sympatico.ca> wrote

<Snip>>>>>The inflatables take longer to get into "working" condition.
Several
people have mentioned that it is difficult to control your breathing
and to get a good seal on the inflation tube with your lips when you
are in freezing water. So even if you can get the float inflated,
it's still going to take several seconds longer to get the float
ready. I've been in really cold water, once, and if it happens again,
I want out of the water RIGHT NOW. I don't want to be wasting time
trying to get an inflatable float ready for service.

Then there's the danger of the plastic splitting or cracking in the
cold. An inflatable with a leak is of no use at all.<<<<<

You seem to be missing the fact that an inflatable can be stored in the
inflated or semi-inflated condition if one wants to do it that way for any
reason. For those without a reliable roll this can allow it to be used to do
a float roll so they don't have to bail, reenter and pump out. Of course, if
inflated in advance, it now has the bulk disadvantage of a foam float (but
also the advantages--except for the chance of somehow puncturing it while
doing the rescue). Stored this way one also knows that the inflated chamber
is capable of holding air, so testing happens naturally. The rescue float I
designed had two separate chambers and each was plenty large enough to work
just fine even with sloppy technique. In fact, inflating both chambers
didn't increase the volume much at all. Also, the urethane coated nylon used
in the better inflatables does not get excessively stiff or crack in cold
conditions (as does the vinyl coated material). The valves in vinyl coated
material can rip out much easier than in urethane coated nylon material as
well. If the valve stems are red where they connect to the fabric it is
probably made with the better urethane coated nylon. Even with a single
chambered paddle float, unless the leak is a fast one a paddle float rescue
would still be possible.

Matt Broze
www.marinerkayaks.com
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From: Tord Eriksson <tord_at_tord.nu>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:14:31 +0200
On Thursday 26 October 2006 17:14,  Craig Jungers wrote:

> On 10/17/06, Darryl <Darryl.Johnson_at_sympatico.ca> wrote:
>     "Darryl (I'd like to get a fireplace on my kayak though)"
>
> I tried an electric blanket but I ran out of extension cord. :)

You should have brought a pedal-operated generator - the army
used to use those! Much better than cord ;-)!


Tord
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From: <cholst_at_bitstream.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:18:19 -0600 (CST)
>> On 10/17/06, Darryl <Darryl.Johnson_at_sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>     "Darryl (I'd like to get a fireplace on my kayak though)"
>>
>> I tried an electric blanket but I ran out of extension cord. :)
>
> You should have brought a pedal-operated generator - the army
> used to use those! Much better than cord ;-)!

I say forget it. As the Inuit said after his kayak burned to the
waterline, you can't have your kayak and heat it, too!

Chuck Holst
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From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:59:55 -0800
On 10/30/06, cholst_at_bitstream.net <cholst_at_bitstream.net> wrote:
>
> >> On 10/17/06, Darryl <Darryl.Johnson_at_sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >>     "Darryl (I'd like to get a fireplace on my kayak though)"
> >>
> >> I tried an electric blanket but I ran out of extension cord. :)
> >
> > You should have brought a pedal-operated generator - the army
> > used to use those! Much better than cord ;-)!
>
> I say forget it. As the Inuit said after his kayak burned to the
> waterline, you can't have your kayak and heat it, too!



If he'd been an Intuit he'd have known better. :)

Craig Jungers
Royal City, WA
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From: Tord Eriksson <tord_at_tord.nu>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions (a little off subject, but not much)
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:32:15 +0100
On Tuesday 31 October 2006 07:59, you wrote:
> On 10/30/06, cholst_at_bitstream.net <cholst_at_bitstream.net> wrote:
> > >> On 10/17/06, Darryl <Darryl.Johnson_at_sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > >>     "Darryl (I'd like to get a fireplace on my kayak though)"
> > >>
> > >> I tried an electric blanket but I ran out of extension cord. :)
> > >
> > > You should have brought a pedal-operated generator - the army
> > > used to use those! Much better than cord ;-)!
> >
> > I say forget it. As the Inuit said after his kayak burned to the
> > waterline, you can't have your kayak and heat it, too!
>
> If he'd been an Intuit he'd have known better. :)
>

There are many weird guys out there for sure! Saw on
youtube.com part of the British TV-program Top Gear 
(mostly about cars) where they designed and tested
their own style amphibious cars - a bit like Scrapyard
Wars (Junkyard Wars here in Europe, I think), but they were 
allowed to seek outside assistance in building them
and then the three prgram hosts competed against 
each other - just lovely - see for yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAWu6uV9gSA&mode=related&search=

For those who enjoyed it try the Caravan Holiday Nighmare:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s6u-WQPhIs&NR

Enjoy!

Tord
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From: Darryl <Darryl.Johnson_at_sympatico.ca>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Freezeup Questions
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:08:56 -0500
> On 10/30/06, cholst_at_bitstream.net <cholst_at_bitstream.net> wrote:
> >
> > >> On 10/17/06, Darryl <Darryl.Johnson_at_sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > >>     "Darryl (I'd like to get a fireplace on my kayak though)"
> > >>
> > >> I tried an electric blanket but I ran out of extension cord. :)
> > >
> > > You should have brought a pedal-operated generator - the army
> > > used to use those! Much better than cord ;-)!
> >
> > I say forget it. As the Inuit said after his kayak burned to the
> > waterline, you can't have your kayak and heat it, too!
> 
> 
> 
> If he'd been an Intuit he'd have known better. :)
> 
> Craig Jungers
> Royal City, WA


But if I'd been an Intuit, at least my finances and taxes would be in 
order. Would I be allowed to hunt and fish in National and Provincial 
Parks though?

-- 
  Darryl
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