Hi John, a Pelican is one of those hard plastic suitcases with a rubber gasket around the opening and big snapping clips that hold the lid on. I found one that is about 6"x9" at REI. It was about $15 as I recall. Happy paddling

: Hi Chip,

: Where would I look for a small Pelican case? Is that what they are called? Is
: it like a small dry bag?

: Brian, the 1/32" hole in the water tight compartments sounds good to me
: but with a piece of duck tape over it. That would keep water from getting
: in from the outside but if the pressure built up too much on the inside it
: would loosen the tape and escape, I think. Besides keeping things dry in
: the side compartments I envision the self rescueing part of the
: compartments only working after the yak is flooded and they become
: pontoons, so I don't want water getting in and killing that floatation. I
: would also place the hole as high as I can get it.

: John

: John