Re: [Paddlewise] Death by Tether

From: Chuck Holst <CHUCK_at_multitech.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 11:13:08 -0500
>>
Also Bob Woodward asked about using line that could break if in an
emergency you got entangled with your knife tether.  Probably would work
since all you want the knife tether to do is to allow you to drop the
knife and still recover it rather than it get lost to the deep blue
sea.  It doesn't need the strength of a paddle tether where you might
have to hang on to a boat that is running away from you in the wind. 
The latter tether needs some holding power.  A knife one need not have
so much strenght.

ralph
>>

However, it might not prevent you from losing your knife if it snags on 
the kayak during a reentry.

Chuck Holst
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