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On 11 May 2005 16:57:44 -0700, Bill Tuthill wrote:
In rec.boats.paddle wrote: I'm sure you could hook it to Paragon Pack, available from NRSweb.com for $50. Thanks for the recommendation, but unfortunately I need 60" in circumference and the PP does only 50! =( Baloney, you can hook anything to a Paragon Pack. It's open. Don't use the Pelican box attachment, just buy some long straps of your own. A friend of mine carries his Sotak kayak sideways, and that's about 100" in circumference, the way he carries it. If the OP is taking this through the airline travel process, it would be important to have an enclosed bag to prevent damage from the luggage handling equipment. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) -- At the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom |
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You might try contacting Mark at Long Haul Folding Kayaks
http://longhaulfoldingkayaks.com/ there is a phone number on the web site . I don't think he makes anything that large as a standard offering but I think he does do custom work . It can't hurt to give him a call and find out if it is doable at price you can accept . His standard bags get good reports . David wrote: Does anyone know of a giant backpack for my inflatable Sea Eagle PaddleSki 435 catamaran-kayak? It has to be 35" tall and 60" in circumference (don't know how that translates into cubic whatever). Thanks!! |
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Bill Tuthill wrote: Baloney, you can hook anything to a Paragon Pack. It's open. Don't use the Pelican box attachment, just buy some long straps of your own. A friend of mine carries his Sotak kayak sideways, and that's about 100" in circumference, the way he carries it. Well I'm going by Paragon's own specs, but thanks for the first-hand confirmation! I even called up NRS but the rep didn't mention that the attachment-thinggy was more or less optional (though he knew of my predicament). Paragon Pack it is! Thanks for the ref, and thanks to all who've helped me with this. You guys are great! I tried every term I could think of to google this -- "portage," "bag," "pack," "backpack," "inflatable," "kayak"...you get the idea -- and I just couldn't find anything that seemed right. Thanks again you guys!!!! |
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Bill Tuthill wrote: In rec.boats.paddle wrote: I'm sure you could hook it to Paragon Pack, available from NRSweb.com for $50. Thanks for the recommendation, but unfortunately I need 60" in circumference and the PP does only 50! =( Baloney, you can hook anything to a Paragon Pack. It's open. Don't use the Pelican box attachment, just buy some long straps of your own. A friend of mine carries his Sotak kayak sideways, and that's about 100" in circumference, the way he carries it. Can you tell me how he jury-rigged it? That "Pelican box attachment" is stitched into the Paragon Pack.... |
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Bill Tuthill wrote: Sorry I was away on Deep Creek / East Fork Owyhee / Upper Owyhee. My friend just left the "Pelican box attachment" on his Paragon Pack in case he needs it. He attaches his rolled-up inflatable kayak outside the "Pelican box attachment". No problemo. Muy gracias! =) But have you seen the construction of the Paragon Pack up-close and in-depth? My friend and I could get extra-length straps, but we can't figure out how to integrate them seamlessly with the Paragon Pack. Did your friend just tie his own straps around his Paragon Pack, or did he somehow work with the Pack's inherent features? I hope you don't find me a bother about this...my friend says to just tie it up willy-nilly, but I'm thinking there must be a more "elegant" solution, something less ad hoc. Thanks again! |
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I've been watching this discussion with interest, having spent three
years packing in the jungle backcountry of southern Mexico. Packing wierd shapes, sizes and weights on mules, or porters, and carried on narrow steep slippery trails. Has the OP in this discussion described where he plans to carry this bag? Are you traveling in the air travel system, and what countries? Or are you looking for something to store the cat in at home? Are you planning a portage, and how long? Are the measurements you give required to fit in one bag, and how much would it weigh? Or would you be better dividing the weight? Baggage handling machines eat backpacks with all the loose straps, for lunch! Catus and thornbushes can shred an inflatable while being portaged! I'm with pmhilton on this one as far as keeping it as simple as wrapping the bits in a tarpulin, bundling with ropes, and attaching shoulder straps, or tumplines. Packing can be individually monitored for weight and size. Bundles can be strapped to mules, and porters in foreign countries are use to carring bundles, but not backpacks. Even if you are storing in the garage, a tight bundle will be easier to handle. Also when you get to where you are going, you unroll the tarpulin bundle such that all your equipment is still on the tarpulin and not in the dirt and oil of a parking lot or streamside mudflat! Now on the otherhand, if you show up at the local waterhole carrying your stylish equipment in a stylish backpack, I grant it will make a better impression! Just my two cents worth, TnT |
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