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Floation Options

Your canoe is nearly neutral buoyancy — it will barely float if completely filled with water.  10 - 15 pounds of non-buoyant gear is enough to sink the boat when fully swamped.  Many boats leave Slipstream without added flotation.  Some paddlers are quite creative using dry bags, extra PFDs and so on to provide needed flotation in the event of a capsize or swamping.  Added flotation is safer and wiser.

Bulkhead Flotation

  • Bulkhead style flotation provides an air chamber at each end of the canoe.  

  • It provides added flotation should the canoe become completely filled with water.  

  • The bulkhead flotation provides adequate support and remains a permanent part of the hull.

Slipstream Hand Laminated Bulkhead Floatation
NRS BungeeBridal System Slipstream

Bungee Bridle & Airbags

  • The Bungee Bridle and Air Bag flotation provides a bit more flotation than the Bulkhead style.  

  • The bags are quite durable and are installed for circumstances where a swamping or capsizing is possible.  

  • The bags snap in and out in 15 seconds.  They provide    enough additional flotation that some paddlers may be able to sit in the swamped boat and paddle to shore          rather than swimming while towing a boat.

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