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Re: Other: Two kayakers die off West Coast
By:Acors
Date: 10/11/2007, 10:15 am
In Response To: Re: Other: Two kayakers die off West Coast (Bill Hamm)

Oh, i dont say it avoids capsizing and im the first one to say that if you really go upsidedown those are more trouble to turn the hull back up.
The way i understand them its lashed to the sheer with a semirigid system so that when you go, lets say 90 degrees for example, the bag on that side starts being pulled down and doesnt let the hull roll more, plus its something you can push onto. I never used sponsoons but on paper they could be fine.

As for rolling the thing up i suppose that would work the same way you turn around a liferaft: put your weight on one of them and pull on the other... cant really think about another quick way.

: Problem is with sponsons if you get a breaking wave you can still be flipped
: over and then there is zero chance of doing a roll to get back upright.
: Even with a wet exit, how would you right a kayak with sponsons inflated?

: Bill H.

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Other: Two kayakers die off West Coast
Robert N Pruden -- 10/9/2007, 6:29 pm
Re: Other: Two kayakers die off West Coast
Acors -- 10/10/2007, 12:13 pm
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HenkA -- 10/11/2007, 3:16 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2007, 2:33 am
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mike allen -- 10/11/2007, 3:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2007, 4:55 pm
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John Monroe -- 10/13/2007, 2:12 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/13/2007, 3:23 pm
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John Monroe -- 10/14/2007, 3:56 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/15/2007, 1:36 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/15/2007, 1:40 am
Re: Other: Magic bullets
Kris Buttermore -- 10/11/2007, 1:11 pm
Re: Other: Magic bullets
Acors -- 10/11/2007, 2:44 pm
Re: Other: Two kayakers die off West Coast
Acors -- 10/11/2007, 10:15 am
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Joel Fleischer -- 10/11/2007, 2:46 am
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Joel Fleischer -- 10/11/2007, 12:10 am
Side flotation
Mike Savage -- 10/10/2007, 1:48 pm
Side flotation idea is old news here
Robert N Pruden -- 10/10/2007, 8:03 pm
Re: Side flotation idea is old news here
Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2007, 4:50 pm
Re: Side flotation idea is old news here
Acors -- 10/11/2007, 9:54 am
Re: Side flotation idea is old news here *Pic*
John Monroe -- 10/11/2007, 5:59 am
Archives *LINK*
Glen Smith -- 10/10/2007, 8:22 pm
Gulp!
Robert N Pruden -- 10/10/2007, 8:50 pm
Re: Side flotation
Acors -- 10/10/2007, 5:43 pm
Re: Side flotation
Mike Savage -- 10/10/2007, 6:12 pm
Re: Side flotation
Acors -- 10/11/2007, 9:39 am
Inflation mechanism *Pic*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/11/2007, 11:41 am
Re: Inflation mechanism
Acors -- 10/11/2007, 1:59 pm
Re: Inflation mechanism
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/11/2007, 3:08 pm
Re: Inflation mechanism *NM*
Acors -- 10/11/2007, 3:17 pm
Inflatable "life raft." *Pic*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/11/2007, 6:14 am
Re: Inflatable "life raft."
Mike Savage -- 10/11/2007, 6:36 am
Re: Other: Two kayakers die off West Coast
John Straatsma -- 10/10/2007, 8:56 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 10/10/2007, 7:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2007, 2:30 am