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Sea Kayaks Techniques Bulletin Board
Kayak to submersible conversion:
Posted By: Craig Mackinnon In Response To: Compressed air for rolling & emergency (GaryInOR)
Date: Monday, 4 March 2002, at 10:31 a.m.
Add a prop with motor sealed in rear bulkhead; add valves/air tanks to front bulkhead to add/evacuate water for depth control; add foot peg controlled elevators; other than bulkhead areas, drill the hull/deck comparable to Swiss cheese; add external lead weights that can be jettisoned; add cock-pit rim cut-outs to accommodate full SCUBA gear; don SCUBA and launch; this modification removes any rolling requirements and provides a superior view of the fishes! Tip: try wearing the SCUBA tanks on your chest, otherwise they interfere with the rocket pack; and try swim fin cut-outs or bumps on the deck--always wear swim fins in case of a wet exit!
Craig
: Here is a high-tech solution to a problem we all have on occassion. I saw
: this in a Whitewater Paddler magazine ad, and I thought I'd share it just
: to get the flame war going.: There have been times when I though something like this would help during
: roll sessions and times when I've been scared with my head underwater in
: real life when this seems like it would have been cool to have. With my
: luck, I'd rely on it so much I wouldn't practice my roll, then not be able
: to find the breathing tube while my head was dragging along the rocks!
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