Re: [Paddlewise] rest over the winter?

You'll find such devices in some ww paddlers' rescue kits.  They are
pick/grapples which bolt onto the edge of the blade.

Richard Culpeper
www.geocities.com/~culpeper

Lloyd Bowles wrote:

> > Though it definitely is colder, and wetter, with shorter days during the
> > winter here in the Specific Northwest, the ocean never comes close to
> > freezing. And my motto is "As long as the paddle doesn't break on the
> > surface of the water, it's paddling season."
> >
> > Philip T.
> >
> I haven't broken my paddle yet but I have sure made a mess of the blade
> edges. I need a paddle designed for crossing ice too thin & soft to walk
> on but too hard for a paddle to penetrate. I also need ski wax on the
> bottom of my boat for ice crossings.
>
> --
> Lloyd Bowles
> The Mad Canoeist
> "Keep the open side up!"
> http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/clearstreets/358/index.html
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