Michael Daly wrote: > > Evan Easton wrote: > > > What do you do when you've got a boat that you just love, but it has a day > > hatch and the deck fittings aren't layed out to support paddle float rescue > > rigging? [snip] > > Rather than going with a conventional criss-cross bungie arrangement > for self rescue, you might consider an alternative rigging to avoid > interference with the day hatch cover. One that comes to mind uses > a couple of T cleats and a couple of jam cleats. A line loops over the > paddle shaft (rather than the blade) and engages the cleats. Impossible > to describe without a picture [snip] Another method, but also with fiddly bits on the deck to snag, uses a pair of ladder-lock buckled loops, one on each side just aft of the cockpit, anchored to the deck. The ladder-locks make it easy to snap in the paddle shaft, snug it tight, and then self-rescue. The ladder-locks also make release of the paddle less cumbersome than sliding the blade out from under bungies. This system is one I copied from Rich Mitchell (Corvallis, OR). I also have bungies, which I would use in preference to the ladder-locks, 'cause I think the bungies are more robust, and cause I don't think extracting the paddle is all that tough. Others who sometimes use my boats seem to find paddle extraction the tricky part. YMMV. -- 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 Mon May 22 2000 - 20:20:37 PDT
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