Dan Hagen wrote: > > Doug Lloyd wrote: > > I think that you have done an excellent job of extracting the proper > conclusions (given the information about the incident that you > provided). Although your subject line should perhaps read "Death by > Ill-Conceived Tether". > > Dan Hagen I would agree with your comment. That tether the fellow used, i.e. a carabiner attached to a deck line running from bow to stern was pretty dangerous. It sounds like the lifelines on ships that are strung on the decks of ships in heavy weather for crew to hang on to when crossing open areas where wind or waves breaking over the ship or steep pitching of the craft itself might send someone slidding overboard. Also I find it hard to think that anyone fishing would not have a knife handy on his PFD. If you are in mode of kayaking involving lines of any kind such as in sailing or fishing, a knife is a smart thing to have. Also perhaps anyone using tethers of any kind might also want to carry a knife. The risk of entanglement in many tethering devices is quite low especially for a tether of paddle to boat particularly if it kept short. But a knife assures you have a chance of untangling if somehow things go wrong with the tether. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Oct 19 1999 - 05:03:28 PDT
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