My boats are Feathercrafts due to living on one side of the Atlantic and summer paddling on the other. I always use the seasock that came with them. Launching always requires getting into the boat on land and sorting foot pegs & burping the sock before climbing in at the water's edge. On flat water (practice on ponds) I've pulled the seasock inside out to bail. On real water I get back in the boat and use a pump. If I've pulled the sock out I may have to burp it a bit on the way in, but I'll usually pop it to adjust the foot pegs anyway as they would have shifted a bit with pulling it out. On real water with no movement of the sock I just climb back in, bail and get on with it. No air should have entered the hold (as well as no water - ok VERY little) thus no burping. For me it keeps the salt water contact on my aluminum frame to a minimum. If you need to burp it after a wet exit I have to wonder if it's sealing well enough to do it's job. Do you also get water in the hold? Cheers, je janellen_at_harriman4.net The world revolves around engineers...only because they choose to pick their own coordinate origin. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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