[Paddlewise] radio tethers

From: David W. Quist <dquist_at_worldnet.att.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 23:23:43 -0400
Doug Lloyd said:

>I tether it when needed, in the hopes of becoming strangulated one day
>to prove tether naysayers correct :-) In big seas, I store it in my
>custom fore deck hatch.


Boy oh boy, keep tethering that radio!.  I bought an HX350S about a year
ago.  Didn't use it much but it was sure nice to have as a little extra
security.  Very nice radio.  Unfortunately, it's somewhere on the bottom in
the Everglades - it slipped out from under the bungies as I reached for a
bird book.  No way to retrieve it.  Had it been tethered the mishap would
have been no big deal, and I wouldn't have had to feel so nervous sharing
space with a bunch of crazy power boaters coming in from the Gulf.... (much
less been out mucho bucks for a basically brand new piece of equipment).



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