wanewman_at_uswest.net wrote: > > You can attach a loop directly to the paddleshaft which is quick and easy, > but the loop can slide out from the boat and if you rig under the kayak on > both sides of the shaft it gets to be a lot of fussing about. Around the > cockpit is an Ok way to go, but even then if you have a person who is > overweight or has not mastered swimming up onto the kayak **they will fail > using this.** [emphasis added] Not my experience with a couple folks who are heavy and do not have good strength. The loop around the coaming worked fine. How are your folks entering the cockpit? Upper body over the rear deck, yes? Then legs in the cockpit and rotate torso/body to seating config, yes? The loop helped my folks get their upper body onto the back deck. How did it fail for your folks? What did not work? -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Mar 08 2000 - 15:41:06 PST
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