One item that I've seen at some of the NPS accesses on the Upper Delaware W&S consists of two 1 gallon jugs each maybe 1/3 full of water, tied together by about 3 feet of rope. Can be easily tossed yet remain buoyant enough.... >It is amazing how any such flotation (paddle float, spare PFD, etc.) can >be whisked away by the wind, even a light breeze. One solution I saw >someone do or play with on one of our swim supports. He blow up a >paddle float and attached to it a pint size bottle of water. That >bottle served as ballast or a sea anchor for the float. Winds were >blowing at around 20 knots and the paddle float hardly moved on the >water. This weight would also give some heft for throwing the >flotation; he could give it quite a toss. With wind, it is almost >impossible to toss something light and airy like a paddlefloat (even a >rigid block one) without the wind drawing it astray or limiting the >range of the throw. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Oct 08 2000 - 22:23:06 PDT
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