Debbie wrote: <SNIP> >>Prior to this incident I always thought that if I lost my paddle, I could just wet exit, retrieve the spare from the back deck, assemble it while in the water and then do a reenter and roll. Well, clearly, not all water is safe to do a wet exit. If either of us had come out of our boat, in that current, in those pilings, with all those propellers, we might not be here today. Moral of the story: A paddle on the front deck; it's a Good Thing.<< Why not just fasten the paddle to the back deck in a way that it is quickly available from the cockpit? For an example of one way this can be done see the "Owners" Manual on the website below (its about 5/8 of the way down the long text). The small loop around the shaft on this set-up also makes it real obvious if the paddle is getting loose even though it is out of your sight. Matt Broze http://www.marinerkayaks.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Jul 08 2000 - 00:16:20 PDT
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