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Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit?
By:Kyle T
Date: 7/2/2008, 7:27 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit? (Bill Hamm)

: Actually a wet exit from even a round cockpit is pretty easy, just have to
: take the boat off like a pair of pants. Adds perhaps two or three seconds
: to a wet exit, any paddler should be able to do it easily.

: Bill H.

Bill anyone can fall off a bicycle. :-) Or get out of a boat. It's the deep water re-entry that I'm concerned about. I practice so I have no problems doing a cowboy style re-entry into my keyhole cockpit but I'll be darned if I can figure out how to get back into a little opening without lots of help.

Kyle T

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit?
Kudzu -- 6/27/2008, 7:33 pm
Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit?
Jay Babina -- 6/30/2008, 1:09 pm
Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit?
Kyle T -- 6/30/2008, 8:58 am
Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit?
Bill Hamm -- 7/1/2008, 12:59 am
Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit?
Kyle T -- 7/2/2008, 7:27 am
Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit?
Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2008, 9:23 am
Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit?
Scott Shurlow -- 6/29/2008, 2:57 pm
Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit?
Toni V -- 6/29/2008, 9:07 am
Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit?
Kim Hoover -- 6/29/2008, 10:21 am
Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit? *Pic*
Kudzu -- 6/29/2008, 10:39 am
Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit?
Etienne Muller -- 6/30/2008, 10:17 am
Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit?
Etienne Muller -- 6/29/2008, 6:03 pm
Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit? *Pic*
Toni V -- 6/30/2008, 3:41 am
Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit?
Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2008, 1:05 am
Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit?
Kudzu -- 6/29/2008, 8:12 am
Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit?
Bill Hamm -- 6/30/2008, 1:49 am
Re: Strip: Ever enlarge a cockpit? *LINK*
Mike Bielski -- 6/28/2008, 2:57 pm