kayak air bags & kit

External Since: Apr 01, 2006 Posts: 4

On e-bay at the moment there's a guy selling some airbags which double
as drysacks. I don't know how good they are, but it's an interesting
idea.

I've seenold lorry tyre inner-tubes used fairly successfully as diy
airbags in the past. The difficulty is coping with the funny looks you
get whilst standing with a kayak at the petrol station air hose!

External Since: Dec 27, 2005 Posts: 4

"MB" <mattbygo.DeleteThis@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1136210181.338947.194840@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> "As for Milk cartons, they work till the boat fills with water, then
> they
> give up on life and either pop the lids off or go wondering down
> stream."
>
> Is that from experience Mike ???
> I've tried popping the top off an empty milk carton by applying sudden
> pressure, and they don't fly off. + placed all together in a net,
> there's no way they'll ever get out, as they are larger than the gap
> when my back rest is in place (again the old physics thing kicks in
> !!!).
> I'm interested if you've tried this and it's been unsuccessfull.
> MB

I was unsuccessfull with the milk cartons in my I:3, got a tiny bit of a
working in a hole, i swam out and the boat stayed in for a few seconds, some
of the lids had popped off which allowed them to go off down stream at their
own pace. That was in my earlier days of paddling so it'd work for me now as
I don't swim (or at least not untill I really really have to) and I have to
carry kit, which milk cartons will hinder I think.

Mike