My tow belt was mentioned earlier. I found a quick release system used by 'hunter tree climbers' (fit them in evolutionary theory) at the local army surplus/hunting store. they came packaged as a pair of thick web belts with a connecting band for 9.00 US- that's two of them. 2" wide and about .1" wide. Quite heavy duty compared to the others I have seen. The modification that is not on the website is a bead on a string attached to a through hole on the buckle which would facilitate release a tiny bit faster. > While I agree with almost everything wanewman wrote, let's not forget the > importance of having a good quick-release in _any_ towing system. There's > no way I would ever want my body ripped forcibly from my kayak (belt tow > system) clip of other relevant information > I think that we're really all in agreement on this issue, but I just > wanted to stress the quick release concept in case someone fairly new to the > sport or the idea of towing hooks into this thread. > > -- : : Gabriel L Romeu : http://studiofurniture.com furniture from the workshop : http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR life as a tourist, daily journal : http://users.aol.com/romeugp paintings, photographs, etchings, objects *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 28 2000 - 19:04:21 PST
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