RE: [Paddlewise] Diving from Kayak: (was basic question).

> Tie-ing up a large boat on the off shore platforms is difficult enough. 
> We would post a man on the bow... some used big hooks which we can't
> carry. We'd throw a rope over the pilings... thinkg that are really
> difficult to do.  Also, wind shifts will throw your boat into the

My experience with both bass boats, big boats, 30' sail boats, 
moderate ships, and kayaks leads me to believe that the bigger the 
boat, the harder it is to tie up, anchor, or otherwise make it stop.

> pilings...thus whenever we left the rigs, we always left someone in the
> boat... as for currents, we would trail a 200 foot line behind the boat as
> sometimes the currents are really strong out there.  The gulf has lots of
> VERY LARGE eddies swirls of current, several miles a part.  While you can
> often see them, they are not predictable.  It's a "look-see" proposition.

I don't think a kayak needs that much of a warp.  But we'll see.  I'll 
be going out the first time with lots of different ways to tie up, exit, 
re-enter, etc.  At the worst I'll drop an anchor to the bottom, and a 
warp out behind 100 yds or so away from the platform.


Richard Walker
Houston, TX
http://www.neosoft.com/~rww/kayak_log.html
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