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    New Member Strapman's Avatar
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    Good Idea or Bad Idea?

    I have been planning a Kayaking/Camping trip for this coming summer. The challenges I am facing are summed up in two categories: Weight and Space.
    I plan to use an inflatable Kayak, a couple of dry bags for storage, and that is about it.
    I will put the appropriate food and gear in the dry bags, I will also fish along the way.
    When this forum was first introduced to me I hadn't thought allot about hammock camping. I do have a hammock, but it is more of a backyard hammock. I had one of those net hammocks, but they tend to hate me. It wasn't until I saw some of the home made setups, and pictures in the forum gallery that I came up with an idea. (it may be original, it may be reinventing the wheel)
    I thought of using the kayaks nylon outer-skin as a hammock. it is already the right shape, and has loops sewn into it, but I was hoping that maybe someone had already given this a try and could tell me if it worked for them or not. I would rather learn from others mistakes or successes than potentially ruining my kayak in the middle of nowhere.

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    If Dutch can convert his backpack to a hammock, I don't see why you couldn't do the same with your kayak. No one here has tried it with a kayak as far as I know.
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    Not sure of the design of your kayak, but one thing I'd be wary of is stressing the material in a way it wasn't designed for. Ripping the material so it can't inflate correctly could ruin your whole trip...all for the benefit of saving a grapefruit-sized volume, and 15oz, in your kayak.

    But if you can do it w/o stressing your material, go for it...you don't know until you try! Definitely test it at home first, though.

    And be sure to post pics!
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    That's a cool idea!

    A backpack that converts into a hammock, now a kayak, I wonder what will be next?

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    I was thinking of para (hang) gliding off the top of Mount Rogers in mine. Mule
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    Quote Originally Posted by skskinner View Post
    I was thinking of para (hang) gliding off the top of Mount Rogers in mine. Mule
    I want to be there to watch this one...


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    Quote Originally Posted by skskinner View Post
    I was thinking of para (hang) gliding off the top of Mount Rogers in mine. Mule
    That would be cheating. They would call it "Sky Blazing".

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    i don't think the tieouts on the inflatable kayak are designed ot handle those kinds of forces. I wouldn't risk it. maybe someone here has a spare that they would lend you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by skskinner View Post
    I was thinking of para (hang) gliding off the top of Mount Rogers in mine. Mule
    Quote Originally Posted by NCPatrick View Post
    I want to be there to watch this one...
    I think I'd like to see that one as well, but steadfastly refuse to provide medical support for it. You're on your own with that one, Mule.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hooch View Post
    I think I'd like to see that one as well, but steadfastly refuse to provide medical support for it. You're on your own with that one, Mule.
    I'd be there with the plan of providing medical support, but have found that I'm mostly useless when rolling on the ground LMAO

    Back on topic: I would seriously be concerned about stressing the seams on the Kayak. Somewhere here on HF is a chart of the stresses on the hanging ropes I think you would find quite informative. Apply that to your inflatable, & see if you think that it would be able to stand those forces.

    FWIW: I have seen a (sturdy) aluminum canoe folded in half in about 3 seconds when stressed in a way it wasn't supposed to be, by a very very slow river in Ohio. Made a really neat sound tho.
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