> > Jim Champoux wrote: > > > > phil wrote... > > snip > > > > >Aside from my sadistic need to repel uncontrollably > > >panicky people, > > > what do listmates think of the disk concept? > > > > > > > Might be good for shooting a line between boats or islands, you know, > > frisbee over the small line, connected to the big line etc. > > Well, I can't see Jackie Fenton using one. She paddles with her dogs > Mollie and Hallie. One of them might decide to do what dogs do...chase > the frisbee. :-) As long as the dog was smart enough and could swim well enough to bring it to it's original target it wouldn't be a problem. Many years ago I was standing in a grocery store checkout line and noticed that the woman behind me had a small daypack that held about six "frisbees". Just to make smalltalk I said something like "it looks like you really like throwing a frisbee, so do I". She looked down her nose and responded in the most condescending tone she could muster, "they're not frisbees, they're flying discs". In any case, I was rather rudely informed that "Frisbee" was a brand name and not all "flying discs" were Frisbees. The only problem that I can see with using a Fri^H^H^Hflying disc for a throw line is that if there is a strong wind one's accuracy might not be as good as it would be with a object that tends to cut through the wind rather than float on it. If you're not accurate with your first toss winding the line back on the disc would be more difficult and it doesn't seem like you could spin the disc unless there was line spinning off of it. > ralph > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter > PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 > Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com > "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > *************************************************************************** > -- John Fereira jaf30_at_cornell.edu *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 02 1999 - 12:42:34 PDT
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