March 25, 2003

Pogies and Water Bottles

When paddling in the winter I often use a single pogie on my paddle. With two pogies my hands get too warm and I don't like the claustrophobic feeling I get with both hands tied to the paddle. With a single pogie I can just slide it from one hand position to the other as needed, and let it stay comfortably out of the way in the center when not.

But what to do with the second pogie? I discovered one day when laying on the water to cool off that my water bottle would come loose from the deck bungees and slip into the water. Finally I took the second pogie and attached it to the second deck line in front of my cockpit. This made a perfect pocket for my water bottle and after securing the other end of the bottle under the first deck line I would not have any other problems with it the rest of the day. I am so pleased that a pogie might become a permanent fixture on my deck...