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). *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
"David W. Quist" wrote: > 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. Here's a thought. If you don't want to tether it, but don't want it to slip around, how about putting a big strip of Velcro (marine or industrial) on the deck under a bungie and on the back of the VHF (or GPS or whatever). The bungie will keep it pressed onto the Velcro and the Velcro will keep it from slipping around. You'll still be able to lift it up unencumbered and won't have to deal with the anti-tether ridicule. Just don't drop it when you lift it! Mike Who based the idea on the Velcroed throw bags I saw at the Great Lakes SK Symposium last weekend. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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