Using the crotche knots on a doubled 50ft electrical cord works nice. It avoids tangles, once you get the hang of it. The crotche knotted line is a series of slip knots secured at the end with a non-slip knot. This last knot would probably be quite hard to untie after being significantly loaded. Untieing it, if it could be done one handed, would require freeing the end. Unless there's a method I'm not seeing it would be better to use a stuff sack to feed the rope and a belay device and one of those 2 pronged deck tie off thingamajigs. That's landlubber lingo. It's probably called a cleat so that's what I'll call it. cleat (attached to the right side within view and reach) / / / (coil and secure line with a half hitch: releasable w/o untieing from cleat) / / belaying device (clipped in to towing point behind you) | | | (coil and secure) | | load The rope between the load and belaying device would be difficult to hand feed, so coil it, and secure it somewhere handy with your minimum length of line. 20ft of 1/4in nylon deployable, with another18-30 in the bag would be good. Throw the towee the line, and while they are tieing off, you untie and arrange on your skirt the other coil. Start towing and the line will self feed, if not have the towee back paddle and hold your hand behind your back to release the belay braking. If the towee can't padde, feed the line into the water letting it trail behind (it's still tied off to the cleat you know). Mike *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Mike McNally wrote: > > Using the crotche knots on a doubled 50ft electrical cord works nice. Out of curiosity, why electrical cord? Don't you think a sinking cord risks snagging? -- Gabriel L Romeu http://studiofurniture.com ------------------> furniture http://users.aol.com/romeugp ------------------> paintings, prints, photos and stuff http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR -----------> A Daily Journal of Observations *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 00:32 12/11/99 -0500, Gabriel L Romeu wrote: > >Mike McNally wrote: >> >> Using the crotche knots on a doubled 50ft electrical cord works nice. > > >Out of curiosity, why electrical cord? Don't you think a sinking cord >risks snagging? i think he meant to make a "variable length" cord ... my dad worked construction for years, i can see the application... 8-) mark -- #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.jacknjillz.com/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. --Pablo Picasso *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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