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Re: Skin boat / paddle float reentry
By:Greg Stamer
Date: 11/29/2000, 10:37 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin boat / paddle float reentry (Eric Schade (shearwater boats))

: Are float bags available which are long and narrow enough to fit a sea kayak
: or skin kayak or are they all made for white water boats which are short
: and (sometimes) fat by comparison?

Eric,

The specs for the mariner floats are at the link below. I haven't used these bags, but they have been recommended by several paddling buddies. Perhaps the most effective solution is to make your own bags, sized to the internal dimensions of the kayak, before you skin it. This is Wolfgang Brinck's recommendation. Some folks make cotton bags and waterproof them while others simply stuff the homemade bags with foam peanuts.

Greg Stamer

mariner float bags

Messages In This Thread

Skin boat / paddle float reentry
Jay Babina -- 11/27/2000, 8:58 am
Re: Skin boat / paddle float reentry
Kent LeBoutillier -- 11/27/2000, 11:47 am
Re: Skin boat re-entry/ It can be done
Pete Strand -- 11/27/2000, 4:49 pm
Re: Skin boat re-entry/ It can be done
Matt Thyer -- 11/29/2000, 6:21 pm
Re: Skin boat re-entry/ It can be done
Woody -- 11/27/2000, 8:43 pm
Re: Skin boat re-entry/ It can be done
Pete Strand -- 11/28/2000, 10:01 pm
Re: Skin boat / paddle float reentry
Greg Stamer -- 11/27/2000, 10:38 am
Re: Skin boat / paddle float reentry
Eric Schade (shearwater boats) -- 11/29/2000, 6:52 pm
Re: Skin boat / paddle float reentry
Greg Stamer -- 11/29/2000, 10:37 pm
Re: Skin boat / paddle float reentry
Randy Knauff -- 11/27/2000, 3:02 pm
Sea sock
Jay Babina -- 11/27/2000, 11:48 am
Re: Sea sock
Ross Leidy -- 11/27/2000, 2:43 pm
Re: Skin boat / paddle float reentry SOLUTIONS?
Peter -- 11/27/2000, 9:55 am
Skin Kayak Bulkhead Ideas
mike Allen -- 11/27/2000, 7:49 pm
another Skin Hatch Idea
mike Allen -- 11/27/2000, 8:18 pm
Re: Skin boat / paddle float reentry SOLUTIONS?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/27/2000, 10:05 am