RE: [Paddlewise] Towing kayaks behind sailboat

From: Keith N. Smith <knsmith_at_sprynet.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 98 07:09:27 -0500
> My wife and I lived on a cruising sailboat for just under two years.
>> We 
>> learned (by making mistakes) that towing a dinghy, kayak, whatever
>> should 
>> only be done in protected waters with calm seas.  Even towing our
>> Tinker 
>> 
>	Did you ever try to board the sailboat from the kayak?  I've
>been thinking about maybe building a swimming platform to step out onto
>and a line coming down to pull my self up with.  Hope this isn't off
>topic.

Yes - but it is a unusually stable kayak - Folbot Greenland II tandem 
seakayak.  You can stand up in the thing.

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