"Stroyer" wrote:
I've got a new 15 ft Pelican Explorer that just had it's first river trip...

Hry, I have the same model, although I basically use mine for lakes!

When it's full of water and there's no shorline, it's a real bear to get
upright and emptied. Some additional floatation would have been a BIG help.

I've discovered that myself (thanks to my idiot friend Roger)...
remember to tie a bailer (such as a plasitic milk jug with the
cap on and the bottom sliced off) to use when you do get it
flipped it over the right way. As for your flotation problems...
have you tried empty two-liter soda pop bottles?


Yes, I'm a newbie, and no, I'm not an engineer... I'm a physicist.... can ya
tell?

A physicist, eh? Do you know my buddy Dr. Robert "Bob" Park?


IDEAS???