[Paddlewise] High and Low Towing and Towing Gadget

Elaine;





The trick is to attach the biners far enough back so that they are impeded


from coming forward by a deck fitting.  You want to be pulling from under


the boat or at least from well below the level of the toggle.


Using someting other than a beener in the middle is fine so long as it is


strong enough and doesn't slip.  The design for this gadget came from Nigel


Foster.  He first showed me his several years ago and I've used one ever


since.


The whole point of using this system is to keep the victims boat from


yawing.





John Winskill


----- Original Message -----


From: Elaine Harmon <eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu>


To: johncw <johncw_at_narrows.com>


Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 9:03 AM


Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] High and Low Towing and Towing Gadget








> Hi- your tow harness rig sounds great. I don't understand why it would


> give you a much lower connection point to the towee, though. Doesn't the


> middle biner just rise up to about deck level when you pull on it? Or is


> the harness length too short to permit that?


>


> Also, if instead of a middle biner at a fixed point in the middle of the


> harness, as you describe, suppose you just used one longer line going


> through the center of the middle biner, so that the biner could slide


> along the line? That would allow the towee to yaw, but the tower wouldn't


> feel it. e


>


> Elaine Harmon - eilidh_at_dc.seflin.org - eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu


>








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