Re: [Paddlewise] Safety - Loop vs Toggle Handles

Ralph
What about the loops on the Feathercraft K-Light?  Any recommendations?
Alice Bennett

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From: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com>
To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 7:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Safety - Loop vs Toggle Handles


>Peter Osman wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I've read that toggle handles at the bow and stern of a kayak are safer
than
>> loops. That if you are holding the loop and a kayak rolls in the surf
there
>> can be problems with trapping fingers or hands. Are there any opinions on
>> this and in particular would the Klepper expedition kayak, be
susceptible?
>> Or are its loops sufficiently wide to preclude the problem.
>>
>> PeterO (Australia)
>
>STOP whatever you are doing.  Get out your Klepper.  Cut those handles
>off and singe the remaining threads.  That handle will pull out and
>leave a hole at the seam.  The handles are okay for a straight up pull
>but if they are pulled at an angle, such as dragging on to a beach, they
>will eventually pull out.  If you have a Klepper made since about 1992
>or so, run a toggle handle through the metal part of the deck fitting.
>Commercial ones are available or you can devise your own using a
>plumbing pipe 45 degree elbow.  Otherwise get some D-ring on hypalon
>patches and adhere these to the hypalon at the bow and stern.  Run
>webbing from them to form a handle.
>
>ralph diaz
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