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Thanks, Paul-Greg-Gini
By:John Monfoe
Date: 2/16/2001, 3:51 am
In Response To: Re: spray skirt for john munfoe (Gini L.)

: John, you may have found a perfect sprayskirt for your needs. But in case you
: are still looking, you might want to ask whetstone.com about one
: (whetstone is one of Nick's links on this website). They don't have
: anything in stock that fits, but for a few bucks more than their regular
: prices, they will make you a custom skirt. I bought a couple of their
: entry level coated nylon skirts, which are only about $40 (and which I got
: for even less, because they were running a 10% discount at the time) for
: my Pygmys. I consider them much better skirts than most coated nylon entry
: level ones I have seen, with excellent construction, top-quality
: materials, and some features you don't usually get (like griploc fabric
: around the rim, for extra hold as you attach it). They charge something
: like $10 or $15 more for a custom skirt, which includes customizing the
: tunnel (the opening) relative to the actual placement of your seat in the
: cockpit. Depending on what else you have found, you might get a
: particularly well-fitting spray skirt through Whetstone for the same or at
: least similar money.

First, I will be wearing my frame backpack when I carry my kayak, but I think I it will fit up inside of my kayak and still enable me to carry it on my shoulders, perhaps using the mini cell shoulder blocks. But I have your idea printed out Paul incase I need to adapt it somehow. Gini, I think I am going to buy Whetstone's $40 entry level skirt since it's stated size will just fit my kayak. I feel better since you said it is a quality product.
Thanks all,

John

Messages In This Thread

spray skirt for john munfoe
brett (the hitman hart)onnink -- 2/12/2001, 7:13 pm
Re: spray skirt for john munfoe
Geo. Cushing -- 2/12/2001, 11:25 pm
Re: spray skirt for john munfoe
John Monfoe -- 2/13/2001, 7:28 am
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Geo. Cushing -- 2/17/2001, 8:08 am
Re: spray skirt for john munfoe
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/14/2001, 3:30 am
Re: spray skirt for john munfoe
John Monfoe -- 2/14/2001, 4:37 am
Re: spray skirt for john munfoe
Gini L. -- 2/15/2001, 10:24 am
Thanks, Paul-Greg-Gini
John Monfoe -- 2/16/2001, 3:51 am
Re: spray skirt for john munfoe
Ken Sutherland -- 2/14/2001, 1:24 pm
Re: spray skirt for john munfoe
John Monfoe -- 2/15/2001, 12:49 am
Re: spray skirt for john munfoe
Ken Sutherland -- 2/17/2001, 1:09 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/15/2001, 3:39 am
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Greg Root -- 2/15/2001, 2:45 pm