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Re: The Perfect Deck Protection
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 5/18/2011, 1:03 am
In Response To: Re: The Perfect Deck Protection (Howie)

: I appreciate your input. That's where I have been putting my Euro
: since it became a spare paddle. Being a "but what if . .
: ." kind of guy I just worry that the most likely reason I'd
: lose my paddle is that I've capsized and I'm then out of the
: boat. (I know, but learning to roll is also on the To Do List.)
: Opening the rear hatch to get the paddle will increase the
: chance of swamping the rear hatch. Then I'll be looking at the
: bow sticking straight up in the air, wondering how I'll get back
: aboard (though, on the bright side, I will then have a paddle).

Not a bad idea, specially if you're paddling way offshore, to stuff float bags up in the ends of the yak. It's always possible to have a hatch cover come off even if you arn't trying to into it, then the boat won't as easily turtle and the compartments are then possible to bail and reseal.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Other: How to protect deck from spare paddle?
Howie -- 5/15/2011, 5:30 pm
Re: Other: How to protect deck from spare paddle?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/15/2011, 7:23 pm
Re: Other: How to protect deck from spare paddle? *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 5/15/2011, 7:58 pm
Re: Other: How to protect deck from spare paddle?
Bill Hamm -- 5/16/2011, 12:35 am
Re: Other: How to protect deck from spare paddle?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/16/2011, 1:48 am
Re: Other: How to protect deck from spare paddle?
Bill Hamm -- 5/16/2011, 2:14 am
Re: Other: How to protect deck from spare paddle?
Bill Hamm -- 5/16/2011, 12:39 am
Re: Other: How to protect deck from spare paddle?
David Bynoe -- 5/16/2011, 10:35 am
Re: Other: How to protect deck from spare paddle?
Bill Hamm -- 5/16/2011, 2:08 pm
Re: Other: How to protect deck from spare paddle?
Brian Nystrom -- 5/16/2011, 6:55 am
Re: Other: How to protect deck from spare paddle? *PIC*
Etienne Muller - ireland -- 5/16/2011, 2:04 pm
Re: Other: How to protect deck from spare paddle?
Bill Hamm -- 5/16/2011, 2:22 pm
Re: Other: How to protect deck from spare paddle?
Howie -- 5/16/2011, 5:00 pm
The Perfect Deck Protection
John Caldeira -- 5/17/2011, 2:52 am
Re: The Perfect Deck Protection
Howie -- 5/17/2011, 9:49 am
Re: The Perfect Deck Protection
Bill Hamm -- 5/18/2011, 1:03 am
Re: The Perfect Deck Protection
Bill Hamm -- 5/18/2011, 1:00 am
Re: The Perfect Deck Protection
Andy Waddington -- 5/18/2011, 5:51 am
Re: The Perfect Deck Protection
Etienne Muller - ireland -- 5/18/2011, 6:54 am
Re: The Perfect Deck Protection
Andy Waddington -- 5/18/2011, 8:47 am
Re: The Perfect Deck Protection
Etienne Muller - ireland -- 5/18/2011, 1:51 pm
Re: The Perfect Deck Protection
Bill Hamm -- 5/19/2011, 2:17 am