Re: [Paddlewise] Stablizing for Photography

I was going to take this off line but it could be of interested to others.  Plus
I'm gonna have to try some line art to figure this out.  I'll let our resident
LineArtExpertArtist judge the results...  8-)

|An eyelet bolted on the left with a piece of line passed through it and a |knot
tied in it, a hook bolted close to the cockpit, another eyelet with the |line
passing through bolted on the right side, and a jam cleat beyond that.
|Simply lay your paddle across the deck, lay the line over it and the hook,
|reach forward and pull the line tight and snug it into the jam cleat.  It's
|a rock solid attachment and won't move all around like bungies.  Just having
|your paddle blade sticking out to dampen any sudden movements is often
|enough to make a shot possible.  It isn't neccessary to use the paddlefloat
|to greatly increase your stability.

Grrr....  Forget about the line art!  TOTAL failure!  The kayak "picture" was
looking VERY offensive!  And this is a family forum.  We try to keep it clean,
don't we Sandy?  8-)  By the way Sandy, was that a WHITE feather for your
paddle?  Or Yum Yum Yellow?  LOL!

So the eyelets left and right are the same distance from the cockpit?  With the
same line running from the left eyelet to the right one and then down to the jam
cleat near the cockpit?


                 |<---- paddle blade in the air?
                 |
        /--------+---------------------------
        \    O---+-----------cleat
        /    |   |     ------------------
 <- Bow \    |   |     | C O C K P I T  |
        /    |   |     ------------------
        \    O  hook?
        /--------+---------------------------
                 |
                 |<---- paddle blade in the water?


The hook is pointing up?  And hook is a U shaped hook?  If I have this right,
the cleated line to starboard, how that for sounding nautical, actually holds
the paddle rigid.  The cleat really holds the paddle?

The idea of using my camera gear from the kayak gives me the willeys but its the
only way I'm gonna be able to take the pictures, or attempt to.  I think a
double might be stable enough but I really don't wanna spend the money and I
like the speed of the LookshaIV.  And by stable I mean I'll be able to focus, no
pun intended, on my subject without loosing "balance" and turning turtle.  Plus
the double would have more room for the gear.  But the cost of a fiberglass
double would buy a lot of camera gear!  8-)

Thanks...
Dan




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