Harold (HTERVORT_at_aol.com) wrote: > > ... > One idea that appealed to me was that of attaching the grab loop of the spray > skirt to a biner clipped onto the front painter, using a nylon strap which is > wide enough to avoid tangling and a side-release buckle at the grab loop for > a quick-release. The presumed advantages are: ...<snip>... This is an interesting idea. The potential drawbacks I see are: (1) The length of the tether. It would seem to me that using the bow painter as the tether increases the possibility of a nasty entanglement. That's a lot of line floating around with you in the water. (2) The use of a side-release buckle. These do not release well when under tension. (See my earlier comments on this.) On the other hand, as you noted your idea does have some advantages. Dan Hagen *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 14 1999 - 23:07:22 PDT
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