Whitesavage & Lyle wrote: > This quick release could be important durring > rough landings, although I would think you would want to detatch the > tether in surf zones. > > I haven't tried any of this myself. Nick Lyle One thing I would worry about is the nasty habit of the rescue belts not fully releasing unless under some tension. Another is the problem of the ring being on the back. Under a worst case scenario, you could be pulled backwards by the wayward kayak and that's not the easiest way to deal with the problem. The rescue vests were designed for white water rescue and these attributes don't result in problems in those circumstances. You're usually dealing with a lot of tension when you _want_ it to release and you want to be harnessed backward relative to the current if you're being pulled in. Some other release mechanism may have merit. A front release that doesn't need much tension to work. Hmm.... Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Sep 13 1999 - 17:52:51 PDT
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