At 10:43 PM 7/7/98 -0700, Dave Kruger wrote: >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! Hey Dave, We're catching up on some old e-mail and came across your comment about the sling. What I'm wondering is how you keep from tipping the boat over. If the sling is on the port side of the boat and you're stepping on it, you impart a force to turn the boat onto the port side. How do you apply counterforce onto the starboard side to keep is somewhat straight. Nadine Jonathan and Nadine MacLane, San Diego, Cal. USA. jonathan_at_lanz.com *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Oct 03 1998 - 07:58:48 PDT
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