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Re: Material: Foot Pump
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 11/8/2010, 12:28 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Foot Pump (Mitch)

: FWIIW, a really big sponge has always been popular with the
: whitewater crowd. You can squeeze it under a seat or bungee.
: Cups don't seem to work well when the layer of water is too
: thin. You pretty much have to pop the skirt to use any of these
: which is a problem in waves. When I used a hand-pump with the
: spray skirt still on in waves, stabilizing the boat was hard,
: and I fell behind the other paddlers.

: I'd like a foot pump, but what is the point of a light SOF, if a
: foot pump adds 5-10 pounds? There doesn't seem much point in
: having more than a light bladder, valve, and a tube.

All my boats have a big sponge in them, nice to get the last of the water out, I just stuff it behind the coaming risers.

Bill H.

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Joe Whitman -- 11/2/2010, 1:05 pm
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mitch -- 11/5/2010, 1:50 pm
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Will N To Go -- 11/6/2010, 6:07 pm
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Mitch -- 11/7/2010, 10:12 am
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fadedred -- 11/8/2010, 11:47 am
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fadedred -- 11/8/2010, 11:51 am
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mitch -- 11/8/2010, 1:33 pm
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Foster -- 11/9/2010, 11:12 am
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Mike Savage -- 11/10/2010, 5:57 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/9/2010, 5:05 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/8/2010, 2:46 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/8/2010, 12:28 am
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Doug S -- 11/5/2010, 4:04 pm
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Randy Knauff -- 11/4/2010, 5:06 pm
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fadedred -- 11/2/2010, 8:36 pm
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fadedred -- 11/2/2010, 8:37 pm
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Don Goss -- 11/2/2010, 8:07 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 11/2/2010, 1:47 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 11/8/2010, 5:40 pm
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John Roberts -- 11/2/2010, 6:11 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 11/2/2010, 6:31 pm
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JohnK -- 11/2/2010, 6:43 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 11/2/2010, 5:52 pm