RE: [Paddlewise] Tangled Up In Blue & Solo Paddling

At 17:51 9/14/99 -0400, "Robert Woodard" <woodardr_at_tidalwave.net> wrote:
>Ralph D wrote:
>
>> I have read with great interest how some paddlers have the paddle tether
>> handy but don't employ it.  I tend to use my paddle leash (connected to
>> a deck D-ring) all of the time, mainly because I do paddle solo a lot
>> and fear losing my paddle.  It resides on my paddle and weighs next to
>> nothing and does not get in the way in any way.
[snip]
>One final thought: My greatest fear is losing the kayak rather than the
>paddle. The boat has a spare paddle on the back deck, but I don't have a
>spare kayak if I get separated from it. That is why my interest in tethering
>oneself to the kayak.
[snip]
>Anyhow, that is from my limited experimentation. I'd like to read your
>thoughts on getting separated from the kayak.
>
>Woody

from my very limited experience in sea kayaks... in a canoe, if you turn it
[the boat] upside down, nothing should hang below the gunwales... i have
only seen people leash their paddle to their boat, feeling they might let go 
of the boat, but since the paddle was in their hands, they did not have to
THINK, they just held tight. the less people have to THINK when doo doo hits...

mark

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