At 06:32 PM 12/28/01 -0800, Matt Broze wrote: > There is a device called a Pad-L-Rac from >Allin Associated Products http://www.padlrac.com/ that can be adapted to >many kayaks that will hold the paddle fairly well. I don't think it would be >hard to fashion your own solution (adapted to your particular kayak) with a >few cleats and cords, if the idea appeals to you. >I especially like this for towing because with two paddler there should >already be two paddlefloats available to use on the victims kayak if each >have one for self-rescue. One of the things that impresses me about my Nimbus Telkwa is that is comes with a set of straps already fastened to the deck intended for sticking a paddle blade under for a paddlefloat rescue. Its one of the detail things that impresses me about the boat. Shortly after I got the boat, I was out paddling with a friend on a small inland lake when he became sick due to a prescription drug reaction, and he was having trouble staying conscious and upright. Rather than trying any elaborate rescue technique, I flagged down a couple guys in a bass boat and had them take him back to the launch, while I towed the boat back, no big deal. But we talked about the incident afterwards, and what we might have done had we been in a more remote situation. One of the ideas we came up with would have been to take a paddle and put it under my paddlefloat straps as a crossbar, with a paddlefloat on either end, and trade boats so I could tow him back. There's a fly in that ointment -- I'm not sure I could have gotten into his boat. He did work up a way of fixing a paddle a little more solidly in such cases again. -- Wes --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Boyd's Kayak Place http://www2.dmci.net/wesboyd/kayak.htm Kayaks for Big Guys (And Gals) | Trip Reports | Places To Go | Boats & Gear --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Dec 29 2001 - 06:44:39 PST
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