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Message started by richard_p on Jun 22nd, 2012 at 2:46pm

Title: Re: New Dry Box
Post by Mad_Mat on Jun 27th, 2012 at 6:03pm
"I'm curious, regardless of which box, would you put the box in a pack or just hump it over the portages using the attached handles.  I'm a "pack guy" so the idea of a box is alien to me."

NRS makes stuff for rafters, not paddlers - its all heavy duty and heavy, not designed to be moved farther than from the vehicle to the boat ramp, or from the raft to the camp 20 yards away. 

There used to be a plastic wannigan sort of pack with shoulder staps, on the market years ago, contoured to fit the bottom of a canoe - not sure why that disappeared, but might be because it was too heavy ? though it didn't look too bad.  I've seen pictures of wooden wannigans with portage straps or tumplines attached - any of them would be an awkward carry - maybe strap it to a freighter frame ?


so I got curious to see if I could find what I was rememebring and googled for plastic wannigan - this wasn't it, but looks like a nice design - no weight givern for it, and not in production unless they get a lot of interest.

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