jason

Sounds good. I look forward to getting your book in one form or another!

Seems odd that they would have a limit, I have purchase a number of photography book in kindle form: ttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002LVNDFA/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004D4YI0W/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title etc. They are black and white on my kindle but are in beautiful color on my Ipad. If the kindle version isn't going to work out I will order the hardcover.

I am still waiting on the Kindle version. Do we have an ETA?

This looks like it might be another option for winter camping. You can cook and heat your tent at the same time. When broken down one might find a way to rig the flat pack onto ones back deck. (It's not for me as I don't like having anything on my back deck).

Sailboat racing rules: 53 SKIN FRICTION A boat shall not eject or release a substance, such as a polymer, or have specially textured surfaces that could improve the character of the flow of water inside the boundary layer.

With the wind blowing like it is its going to push us inside, as nobody has claimed the spots Julie and I will use 2 of the 3, one is still available.

3 spots up for grab this Sat

I find that if your in the water your hands stay fairly worm when they are holding onto the paddle in the pogies. I normally also carry a pair of fleece mittens. If you wring the water out of a pair of fleece gloves they are very worm and I find that they go over wet hands.

I would like to RSVP for two spots.

I have ordered two tarps one from: http://www.outdoorequipmentsupplier.com/ and the MSR Zing I should now be covered. :-) Thanks for all of the help.

This was Suz's post from the old thread " Posted 19 May 2008 - 07:53 AM That will do you! For others thinking about the same thing, a few years back, I decided to make one so ordered the material from Seattle Fabrics - at about $10 a yard as it seemed to be the economical choice. I found the material very difficult to work with, very slippery and hard to get the end seams rolled nicely. Also made a few emergency hatch covers out of it which were OK but needed to be sized exactly so not a universal emergency hatch cover which would have been better. Anyway - the point of my writing was to point out the cost of the material itself so you could see that a DIY tarp might not be worthwhile. Sir Godfrey is supposed to come over Tuesday night to try his hand at using my sewing machine to make the very same thing - we can have him report back in afterwords to let us know what he thinks. Suz " I know that I don't have Suz's skill at sewing, no matter on something that's difficult to work with. Did you have luck, I didn't see where you reported back with the luck you had.

You might think of the radio as just a radio that has a really nice feature built into it for when the s** hits the fan. I doubt that the first or 2nd generation DSC radios will have a GPS that's good for navigating. When you hit the pull my *ss out of the water button you will be glad that it has the GPS as it will them them exactly where you are. For a GPS you will be much better off with a separate unit, anything from a $75 one up will have more though in terms of the UI and navigating than this radio, as they were built for separate purpose. In time I am sure that the radios will have a modern GPS UI built into them, but for now think of the DSC Radio as a Radio/EPIRB that let's you communicate with the rescuers and cuts hours out of the confirm that the person is in trouble loop. I have had a number of GPS's the current one I keep in my day hatch is a Garmin GPSmap 76Cx. -Jason

I am looking for a cook/camp shelter. I am now leaning to the Zing, let's hope is doesn't displace the SLR from the boat.

Does anybody have experience with the M92D and kayaking? If so are you able to disable the turn on blink and flash mode?

I just downsized to a MSR Hubba last year: http://cascadedesigns.com/msr/tents/experience-series/hubba/product It's small enough that it fits into a lot more spots. At times it can be hard to find a level spot for a bigger tent and even more so if you have a few people in your group. With the Hubba it's big enough to sit up in read, or to be able to change etc. It's a tent that one can ride a storm out in. You can keep your spare gear in dry bags in the vestibule. I also love how little room it takes in my boat.

Any idea of the packed size of John's tarp? I like the idea of a large tarp, but I worry about the space as I would still like to be able to put my SLR in the boat. As for the Outdoor Equipment Supplier it looks like we have two strong votes. Any reason to go with hexagonal cut over the square cut version?

I looked at the thread from years past in terms of tarps and it seems a bit out of date. http://www.nspn.org/forum/topic/4739-tarp-recommendations/ I was wondering what people recommend for tarp these days. I am looking for a fairly roomy tarp that packs down to a fairly small size. I found this one that I think looks good, the down side is it's only 10x12: http://www.granitegearstore.com/White-Lightnin-P97C6.aspx Does anybody have other recommendations in terms of a kayak camping tarp? Thanks -Jason

I would worry more about the seat, back band and any other cloth like material. The keel strip on the bow and stern should dry very quickly. For white water one has to dry the boat out well or bleach it. A big issue these days is Rock Snot: http://des.nh.gov/organization/commissioner/pip/factsheets/bb/documents/bb-61.pdf When I bring my white water boat from a river with these issues, in the winter pool sessions are a good way to kill the bugs or in the summer the Cohasset wave is always a good place to expose the plant spores to a place where they can't live. http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/683/ With the long boat moving from one fresh water location to the ocean might be a good rule before moving to the next fresh water location.

It looks like you did a good job, the ripples are very minor from what I can see. I have seen many glass keel strips with worse ripples.

Doesn't everybody travel with ear plugs. (I do in case someone in a near by ten snores). Depending on the tree cover I find the AM sun bakes my tent enough that sleeping in isn't an option.

Would love to see a show of hands to see if people use the "new" mita site for navigation and planning. I am still using my mita book and charts. Are other people moving away from that?

John and Carl might lend you anther boat so you can get experience with another boat but they are far from pushy with putting people in their brand of boats. I have seen each of them teach people in boats that were fairly questionable and still provide a great level of training. I have seen John teach someone with some with a very old school kayak without hatches (he made sure that they had float bags) and they walked away with a hole new understanding in how to make the boat that they had perform.

I guess I should have paid more attention. I recalled this thread from when it started and when I noticed that John was teaching in Mexico posted my reply.

It looks like John will be at Baja Kayak Fest April 11th-15th. http://www.seacliffkayakers.com/Calendar.html http://www.bajakayakfest.com/ -Jason

Trimming the normal wrist gaskets isn't recommended, I have had good luck with the Coast Guard gaskets. Kokatat will install them.