Jack - what about the stern of the towee getting pushed out away from the tower, say with small quartering seas? I occasionally practice the "Short Assisted Tow" and it can require a considerable amount of effort on the tow-ee's part to keep their bow in at the cockpit of the tow-er as they lean over the back deck of the tow-er. This is without clipping up, of course. Actually, we've never practiced clipping up on this type of tow. I wonder if it would cause the tow-er to loose their tracking and have to perform a bunch of correction strokes? Can't wait to try. Maybe this weekend, ey Ralph? Oh, right. You're the one in the stable boat. Does that mean you're the coach? Debbie Reeves Sandy Hook, NJ ------------------------------------------------- > Essentially, you lash your (the towing) kayak to the towee's with a > nominal three foot length of three or four mm climbing line > terminated in two Wichart (or equivalent) stainless steel snap clips. > The towee is maneuvered to face you, parallel to you boat, with one > end of this short tow line in his bow loop; the other end is clipped > into one of your deck fittings just in front of you --- a fitting you can > *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Apr 08 1999 - 10:24:19 PDT
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