rflanagan

Dave, Terry Coyne has one, and is a lot closer to you. (Mass Berkshires). Perhaps you could hook up with him to try it. I don't have his contact info, but Pam might. I tried a Mohican and was very impressed. It is really stable (for its class) and controllable, and the quality is top notch. The foot plate is bulletproof and easily adjusted. Santa, bring me a White one please -Rob Flanagan

I also store my kayaks using a garage pulley system, directly above the cradles on the car. I tie the loose rope from the pulleys to two turn-buckles on the side wall. The kayak is attached using quick connect caribiners to the lifting straps at front and rear. Add a third tether for piece of mind if you wish. It is only necessary to lift the kayaks a few inches above the cradles to clear the car. I used some nice marine rope and turn-buckles, and pulleys from home depot. This setup works provided 1) You can drive into your garage with kayaks on the roof (I have about an inch to spare), and 2) You have enough garage clearance above to hoist them up a few inches.

The first 'Paddle the Bay' race is this Saturday, June 4th in Wickford, Rhode Island. (Ignore the wrong date on the attached web link). This series has several classes including unlimited, composite, masters, and two polyethylene classes by length. http://www.kayakraces.com/

The Sunday morning Charles River training races have started: http://www.ski-paddle.com/racing.html

Folks, thanks for the information. Looks like the consensus is to go with Goretex booties and have Kokotat perform the upgrade, which is what I will do. I am looking forward to -slipping- my feet into my drysuit this year rather than injuring myself trying to get into/out of angle gaskets. Regards, Rob Flanagan

Hi, Awhile back I saw some good info on modifying drysuits (specifically, where to send them to have them modified). I have a kokatat drysuit, and am interested in adding a crotch zipper, as well as possibly removing the ankle gaskets and having booties sewn on. I did a search but was unable to find the information. Can anyone help? What type of bootie would one consider for this type of modification? Thanks. Rob Flanagan