While in the surfing class, I was wearing a Lotus PFD designed to have the tow-line attached. I had the tow-line caribiner clipped to the strap on the right PFD pocket. Somehow, either when I was climbing on, or when I capsized, the carabiner also clipped onto one of the deck lines. The next time I capsized, I found myself not only underneath the water, but I was clipped underneath the kayak. Not a good idea to wear your carabiner outside of the pocket exposed. It is designed for quick attachment... and it works quite efficiently. Gronseth had suggested wearing the tow-line inside the pocket. Definately a better practice. Robert cc: paddlewise rcline_at_onramp.net Key ID CCOD188A Key Type DSS/Diffie-Hellman Key Fingerprint: 4EF2 AC35 0932 CF1C A8BF ECDA 5CCA D796 CCOD 188A Bal's PGP Public Key Server: http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jun 15 1998 - 18:28:32 PDT
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