>> 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? >> My Romany is so easy to roll -- and reenter and roll -- that I haven't bothered attaching bungies for a paddlefloat. Also, I have had no trouble getting back into the cockpit when I simply hold the paddle, with paddlefloat, against the coaming. Even though it's a Greenland paddle, it doesn't move around much once my weight is on it. However, last Sunday I loosened part of the perimeter line on the foredeck of my Romany so I could stick the blade of my Greenland paddle under it. The idea is to use the paddle to stabilize the boat while refastening the sprayskirt after a reentry and roll, but it might also stabilize it enough to scramble up on deck if the reentry and roll fails. The first test will be tomorrow evening. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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 May 23 2000 - 22:00:45 PDT
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