Geo. Bergeron wrote: > > At 02:22 PM 7/7/98 -0400, [someone else] wrote: > > [>] One thing I'm going to start carrying is a sling to help > >hoist myself up over the cockpit. In conditions such as Paul described, > >it will require less effort and you'll expend less energy in getting > >into position to use the paddle float. Who knows, he 'may' have made it > >with one more try. > > > HOLD ON!!! There's an easier way!!! > > Approach the re-entry from BEHIND the cockpit. [major snipperoo] > I'd stay away from ropes and slings for the same reason I stay away from > loose tethers and other entanglements. Also, the less encumbered the > re-entry, the less that's apt to go wrong. I share George's aversion to superfluous, extraneous entanglements -- and have the marriage/divorce track record to prove it! <G> However, I do find a 6-foot sling of 3/4 inch nylon webbing really useful (stuffs into the pocket of my PFD) when I need to help someone weak in the arms but strong in the legs to re-enter his/her cockpit. Can encircle the cockpit and dangle in the water as a footstep. Or, can be used to help anchor the paddle/float behind the rear coaming and, again, dangle in teh water as a footstep. A carabiner is a good weight to keep the footstep end down where the foot is. Needs a float on the other end, however, or the sling/carabiner is likely to disappear in the briny deep! -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Jul 07 1998 - 22:36:26 PDT
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