A propos of that, there was a fatality on the Susquehanna River a few weeks ago. Two fishermen were in what was described as a large cockpit Keowee type of craft. They were fishing below the Conowingo Dam and had attached their anchor to the center of the cockpit for convenience. This is a power generating dam and it began dumping a great surge of water which caught the Kayak. It was immediately pushed down in the water and flipped. One fisherman made it to shore; the other drowned. Neither was wearing a pfd. I wonder if this boat might have stayed upright if the anchor line was attached to either end. At the very least perhaps the paddlers would have been able to use braces to hold it upright. JP -----Original Message----- From: BRADFORD R. CRAIN <brad_at_mth.pdx.edu> I have no doubt that using a hand line (instead of rod and >Penn reel) would have resulted in a spill, and I could have been >swept out to sea. *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Feb 17 1999 - 21:38:39 PST
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