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Re: Material: Foot Pump
By:Mitch
Date: 11/7/2010, 10:12 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Foot Pump (Will N To Go)

: I've got a bailing cup from West Marine, it's an improvement on my
: plastic yogurt container. Always on board, attached to a string.

FWIIW, a really big sponge has always been popular with the whitewater crowd. You can squeeze it under a seat or bungee. Cups don't seem to work well when the layer of water is too thin. You pretty much have to pop the skirt to use any of these which is a problem in waves. When I used a hand-pump with the spray skirt still on in waves, stabilizing the boat was hard, and I fell behind the other paddlers.

I'd like a foot pump, but what is the point of a light SOF, if a foot pump adds 5-10 pounds? There doesn't seem much point in having more than a light bladder, valve, and a tube.

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Joe Whitman -- 11/2/2010, 1:05 pm
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mitch -- 11/5/2010, 1:50 pm
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Will N To Go -- 11/6/2010, 6:07 pm
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Mitch -- 11/7/2010, 10:12 am
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fadedred -- 11/8/2010, 11:47 am
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fadedred -- 11/8/2010, 11:51 am
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mitch -- 11/8/2010, 1:33 pm
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Foster -- 11/9/2010, 11:12 am
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Mike Savage -- 11/10/2010, 5:57 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/9/2010, 5:05 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/8/2010, 2:46 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/8/2010, 12:28 am
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Doug S -- 11/5/2010, 4:04 pm
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Randy Knauff -- 11/4/2010, 5:06 pm
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fadedred -- 11/2/2010, 8:36 pm
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fadedred -- 11/2/2010, 8:37 pm
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Don Goss -- 11/2/2010, 8:07 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 11/2/2010, 1:47 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 11/8/2010, 5:40 pm
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John Roberts -- 11/2/2010, 6:11 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 11/2/2010, 6:31 pm
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JohnK -- 11/2/2010, 6:43 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 11/2/2010, 5:52 pm