One thing that I find interesting is how differently we rig our kayaks. There often is a wide variety of boats, lengths, styles, method of propulsion, sit-in, sit on top, wood, plastic, exotic materials, even from time to time, sails, outriggers, and motors on the yaks our members use. With so much variety and experience in our club, I think it would be interesting to create a section in our Helpful Stuff tab to illustrate how we set up our boats. I've learned many neat tricks from club members such as Barry S's trick for securing paddles to the boat while drifting or crab walking. He uses a short bungie and a wooden bead to create a way to secure the paddle to the side of the boat. Chris A has lots of really clever ways to rig and store his boats in a small space. Ken J uses old ski poles as his "cajun toothpick" anchor. Buzz B carries his umbrella in the summer time to create shade and act as a sail when winds are in his favor.
I'd be willing to accumulate these kinds of ideas into a Power Point presentation that we could make available to new members or use as an occaisional meeting presentation. If I could get everyone to send me some of his favorite rigging tricks, along with pictures, I'd try to put it into a useable format that we could all learn from.
TKF has a huge archive of this type of info, but its time consuming and difficult to search for. I'd like to put together something for PACK Members to be able to access easily and be passed on to its new members. What do you guys think?