[Paddlewise] Drogues and tethers

Jim, Tim and Julio have all raised different issues and possibilities and so
I'm answering them separately but in the one post below

Jim, 
	This sounds like it might be the sort of thing I'm looking for - I
want to use the system after a capsize - do you deploy the drogue before
exiting - I think I understand the equipment but not the sequence for using
it.

Jim wrote 
> I connect my paddle with a bungee to my kayak ahead of the cockpit.  I use
a carabiner to clip > my bowline and the main line for the sea anchor to the
release loop on my spray deck.

Tim, 
	All I know is that its a very stable, beamy and quite heavy boat
with air sponsons - I asked a question about rollability of Kleppers on
Paddlewise a few months ago and got some vehement answers saying it would be
foolish to try rolling a Klepper for self rscue. Subsequently I've won a few
beers betting against expert kayakers who thought they could roll the
Klepper. I guess I shouldn't say its impossible though. Has anyone on
Paddlewise rolled a Klepper back up again? Anyway Tim thanks for the
description of a possible technique. I must try it when I've learn't to roll
properly in a hardshell. 
	I was somewhat put off tethers by many people who have expressed
concern about entanglement. Someone suggested a plastic coated surfboard
leash would be less likely to tangle and I'm thinking of trying it on the
practise session. One issue is that when the kayak is upside down to flip it
back the easy way (reaching over the hull and pulling the cockpit) would
drag the tether under the kayak unless one had first climbed flopped over
the hull of the kayak to the other side.

Tim wrote : -
>Have you ever tried to roll a double Klepper?  I've never seen a Klepper
double, so maybe this >is a stupid question, but why is it un->rollable?  

>Earlier this summer, I was paddling a double kayak  (a two ton, plastic
Necky  --- not a >foldable) and was surprised at how easy it >was to roll.
The boat was wide, so stable you could >stand in it, and while not an open
cockpit, it was a VERY loose fit.   By using a >slow sweep >with an
exagerated follow through onto the back deck, it rolled easilly. 

>As for separation from the boat, I just clip my towing harness into the
deck lines.  Since the >harness has a quick release mechanism, if I should
get tangled up and need to separate from the >boat, its one quick tug and
I'm free.  If that fails, I always carry a knife on my >PFD in an >easy to
grab location.


Julio,
I appreciate your kind comments about practice - but I'm puzzled about the
one foot in the boat techniqe - I think I can understand using it for a
partial capsize but does it work when you are fully capsized? Would it work
in rough seas? This may sound elementary but I haven't heard about it before
and would be glad to hear some more description about how and when to use
the one leg in the boat method.

Julio wrote
>The most obvious procedure is to practice a partial exit--your foot stays
inside the capsized >Kleper while you float besides it. Keep your paddle
between you and the boat so that it does not >float away.

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