Good morning, This may be a bit off the wall, but here goes. I've been doing a lot of sea kayaking in the Sea of Cortez, now totaling about 3K N. miles. Trips often are over 100 miles and require taking 30 liters of water /person, so the weight in a boat is not light. I usually take a wetsuit and speargun for free diving. For diving with a full wetsuit, it usually takes about 6-9 pounds of lead weights, which are a pain to carry in a kayak, as they never get lighter, like food and water. I've been working on an idea to put beach pebbles in pouches and attach them to the weight belt for diving, then just dump them when it is time to move camp, to save carrying weight. Obviously, lead is about 4-5 times as heavy per unit as most rock, so more rock will be needed. Presently, I'm working on some weight pouches as an experiment. I'm wondering if anyone has tried this kind of idea, and how it worked out. The heavy boat thought reminded me of Doug. Here's hoping you are recovering well, Doug. Thanks Jay *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 12 2007 - 05:09:20 PDT
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