Gabriel: I admire your handiwork on the towline. Having a long and short line seems pretty versatile. I had a more primitive, but serviceable belt mounted towline until recently, until hearing tales of a tough tow on a long crossing in gathering bad weather. These reports made it clear that a bungy shock absorber is important to reduce impact when the tow line firstly gathers slack when the towed boat surfs closer, then twangs tight when the towing boats surfs away in rough water. I haven't used a towline in big swells, but the ability to pass the tow belt to another paddler, in my mind, now takes second place to avoiding strain on the tower. I have now mounted the tow bag on a deck fitting centrally behind the cockpit. Have you had any problem with hard forces exerted on your waist with this system? Regards, Peter Treby 37° 42' S 145° 08' E *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jun 23 2000 - 16:07:09 PDT
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