David Seng wrote: > I assume that most people are aware of the technique but you can > also get a piece of rope about 15' long and tie the ends to form > a loop. Lay the paddle across the deck and through the loop. > Pull the rope under the boat and then wrap it around the shaft > several times to form a stirrup. Stepping into the stirrup > while the other leg goes over the paddle and paddlfloat will make > it much easier to climb onto the deck without using a lot of > upper body strength. This will get you up easier but once your foot comes out of the stirrup you will loose much of the stability provided by the outrigger. You can use the loop method (or a much shorter loop) to help you into a fixed outrigger setup if you need it, but why waste the time setting it up if you don't. Matt Broze *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jun 29 1999 - 20:25:10 PDT
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