I'm looking for toggles... four of them. Where to get them? A kayaking buddy had a pair of two toggles tied together with a strap. They made a great carry for a loaded kayak. Four can carry a loaded kayak so much easier than two! Or four with straps can do so much better than one on each end and one on each side of the cockpit. Robert *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
When using four people to carry a kayak, I like using a long strap where everyone wraps the straps around their shoulders and hold the strap with the hand furthest away from the kayak. This takes the weight off your arms. Also, it's a lot easier when the paddlers are different heights -- at least for the shorter paddlers when those tall paddlers lift up the boats and all the weight falls on the shorter guy. With the straps, you can adjust so the kayak lifts evenly. Although not so important in a single, this technique is great if there's a double you have to lift. wendy (one of those short paddlers) ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Robert C. Cline" <rccline_at_swbell.net> To: PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subject: [Paddlewise] Where to buy toggles? Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:31:53 -0500 I'm looking for toggles... four of them. Where to get them? A kayaking buddy had a pair of two toggles tied together with a strap. They made a great carry for a loaded kayak. Four can carry a loaded kayak so much easier than two! Or four with straps can do so much better than one on each end and one on each side of the cockpit. Robert *************************************************************************** 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/ *************************************************************************** ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Robert C. Cline wrote: > I'm looking for toggles... four of them. Where to get them? > > A kayaking buddy had a pair of two toggles tied together with a strap. They > made a great carry for a loaded kayak. Four can carry a loaded kayak so > much easier than two! Or four with straps can do so much better than one on > each end and one on each side of the cockpit. They're easy to make. Take a 4-5" (10 cm) piece of 1" PVC thick wall pipe. Drill a hole in the center just big enough to jam in both ends of some 5mm climbing rope. Pull one end of the rope out each end of the pipe and tie a figure-of-8 knot in the end. The length of the rope is up to you. Steve Cramer *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Robert - <I'm looking for toggles... four of them. Where to get them?> Make 'em. The local hardware or lumber stores will have doweling in various diameters. Cut it, drill transverse holes in the center of each length. Paint it if you want to. Attach your straps or lines, and away you go. Cheap too. I've used 3/4 inch doweling, but 1" thickness might be more comfortable. Bill Hansen Ithaca NY *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Steve Cramer wrote, "[toggles are] easy to make. Take a 4-5" (10 cm) piece of 1" PVC thick wall pipe. Drill a hole in the center just big enough to jam in both ends of some 5mm climbing rope. Pull one end of the rope out each end of the pipe and tie a figure-of-8 knot in the end.> An alternative on that is to use the 45 degree angle PVC pipe joints. Then, with a hole in the "sharp" angle, all as above. Makes an easy carry. Jack *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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