Like Craig, I am resistant to putting stuff on deck. I have experimented with various deck bags (on loan), and crafted a very small one from a small fanny pack. It was low profile enough I think it would not have been in the way for T-rescues, etc. But, as Kasper alludes, I had to place it so far forward to avoid compromising my strokes, that it was hard to get into. In the end, it only gets used forward of the front cockpit in our double, where it is out of the way for rescues, and is pretty handy for small things. The other issue I have with a deck bag doubling as a paddle float is the recovery aspect: if you are in rough enough water you have wet-exited and used it as a paddle float, then after pumpout and re-establishing yourself in the cockpit, you have the task of reattaching the thing. In water that dumped you when you did not have that encumbrance? I would not want to do that. -- 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 Sat Oct 06 2007 - 09:33:27 PDT
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