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Re: Sit On Top vs. Standard & Safety

Posted By: Lee
Date: Tuesday, 10 October 2000, at 10:26 p.m.

In Response To: Sit On Top vs. Standard & Safety (Craig Bumgarner)

Hi Craig, sit on tops make lots of sense. The tsunami rangers use a wash deck kayak with hip belt for rough use, a few folks on the west coast have converted Mariner Coasters to sit on top. I chickened out when I made my North Bay but considered making a sit on out of it. The issue isn't so much which design is "safer" but whether the design meets ones needs. Closed decks originate from a time when immersion was not an option. Neoprene and drysuits change that consideration. I wonder if those folks that got into trouble in all the accident reports would have been better off on sit-ons because they were dressed for immersion from the start. Maybe nows the time to have a summer/winter kayak.

Messages In This Thread

Sit On Top vs. Standard & Safety
Craig Bumgarner -- Tuesday, 10 October 2000, at 10:48 a.m.

Re: Sit On Top vs. Standard & Safety
Lee -- Tuesday, 10 October 2000, at 10:26 p.m.

Re: Sit On Top vs. Standard & Safety
Shawn Baker -- Tuesday, 10 October 2000, at 10:51 p.m.

Re: Sit On Top vs. Standard & Safety
JohnT -- Tuesday, 10 October 2000, at 11:22 p.m.

Re: Sit On Top vs. Standard & Safety
Ray -- Wednesday, 11 October 2000, at 8:50 a.m.

Re: Sit On Top vs. Standard & Safety
JohnT -- Wednesday, 11 October 2000, at 10:08 a.m.

Re: Sit On Top vs. Standard & Safety
Les Groby -- Wednesday, 11 October 2000, at 1:05 a.m.

Re: Sit On Top vs. Standard & Safety
Shawn Baker -- Wednesday, 11 October 2000, at 1:47 p.m.

SOT info *Pic*
Craig Bumgarner -- Thursday, 12 October 2000, at 10:44 a.m.

Re: Sit On Top vs. Standard & Safety
Don Lueder -- Thursday, 12 October 2000, at 3:47 p.m.

Re: Sit On Top vs. Standard & Safety
David -- Friday, 13 October 2000, at 12:45 a.m.

Re: Sit On Top vs. Standard & Safety
Les Groby -- Saturday, 14 October 2000, at 11:49 a.m.

Re: SOTs Slower??!!??
Craig Bumgarner -- Monday, 16 October 2000, at 9:05 a.m.

Re: SOTs Slower??!!??
Les Groby -- Monday, 16 October 2000, at 8:35 p.m.

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