Hi I tend to agree with Craig on this one. Do not put things on top of the kayak unless absolutely necessary. A deck pack for the front has to be sufficiently far removed from your body that it does not interfere with your paddling, not even if you need to make rescue strokes, help an other kayaker etc. So you need to keep your "workspace" clean. The specific solution seems like it is big enough to serve as a paddle float, even when you add camera, phone, some water and snaks, and the extra warm jacket, or what ever your want to put there. But you should imagine where you put the back once you are in the kayak again. It seems as if the front straps are so far removed from your body that once in the kayak, you might only be able to fasten the two straps closest to you. As Craig points out this one is somewhat barrel shaped, which means that one can wonder how well it lies on the front deck. The front deck of my kayak is somewhat round, so it could not be there. -- Kasper On 04/10/07 7.58, Bob Carter <revkayak_at_aptalaska.net> wrote: > Just checked out on the web the Pak Pod deck bag by Pakboat www.pakboats.com > Basically it is a deck bag that doubles as a rescue paddle float. > Opinions? > > Bob *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Oct 05 2007 - 03:00:58 PDT
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