RE: [Paddlewise] Kayak Camping Question

Oh yeah, free standing is a good idea on a beach. It's a bear trying to get
those wimpy little stakes to hold if there's a breeze. You can get bigger
stakes, but they are not big enough. So you use deadmen
(http://www.paddling.net/sameboat/archives/sameboat215.html) to hold the
lines. But they take a little more work, and it's much easier to pitch a
tent without worry about the stakes and then secure it to the beach in two
seperate steps that to try to do both at the same time.

C


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net
[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net]On Behalf Of Bob Carter
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:50 PM
To: paddlewise
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Kayak Camping Question


> I also think that a free-standing tent is important; with a "bathtub"
> floor.
> You can just pick it up and move it when the tide inevitably comes up
> higher
> on the beach than you expected it to.

Yeah the other advantage of a free standing tent is you can hold over your
head while standing in knee deep water at 2am waiting for the tide to fall.
Been there done that!

Bob
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