Reading Chris Duff's On Celtic Tides, I was intrigued by the tethering system he used. If I understand it, he linked both his body and his paddle to his kayak with lines. Since he had done several long-distance ocean paddles before, I assume this precaution overcame the possible drawbacks. (I sometimes paddle in heavy surf and have deliberately not used a paddle tether and have never thought of tying myself to the kayak, although I understand the logic for a solo paddler on a long trip.) Has anyone else used Duff's system, or thought about it and rejected it? Tom Joyce ------------------------------------------ The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any further disclosure or use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message or any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this e-mail message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Reading all these posts on the subject makes me want to run out and paddle without my PFD. JFF *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Thomas Joyce wrote: - >have never thought of tying myself to the kayak, >although I understand the logic for a solo paddler >on a long trip.) Has anyone else used Duff's >system, or thought about it and rejected it? G'day, There was a long debate about this inspired by Lone Madsen's death (ref Sea Kayaker June 1999), which I compiled and put on the Paddlewise web page http://www.paddlewise.net/topics/boatequip/tethers.html. Some of us concluded (not everybody) that if out at sea in rough weather its probably a good idea but would be undesirable when coming in through the surf. Doug Lloyd also wrote a comprehensive article "Staying connected - the case for tethers" in Sea Kayaker in February 2000. Audrey Sutherland uses a personal or boat tether - wish I could find some of her books/reports? All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 04:30 PM 1/26/02 +1100, PeterO wrote: >Thomas Joyce wrote: - >>have never thought of tying myself to the kayak, >>although I understand the logic for a solo paddler >>on a long trip.) Has anyone else used Duff's >>system, or thought about it and rejected it? > >G'day, > >There was a long debate about this inspired by Lone Madsen's death (ref Sea >Kayaker June 1999), which I compiled and put on the Paddlewise web page >http://www.paddlewise.net/topics/boatequip/tethers.html. Some of us >concluded (not everybody) that if out at sea in rough weather its probably a >good idea but would be undesirable when coming in through the surf. Doug >Lloyd also wrote a comprehensive article "Staying connected - the case for >tethers" in Sea Kayaker in February 2000. > >Audrey Sutherland uses a personal or boat tether - wish I could find some of >her books/reports? Both of her books are available through Amazon.com. They're called "Paddling My Own Canoe", and "Paddling Hawaii". I haven't read her books but Ive been to one of her slide show presentations. She spent quite a bit ot time describing her paddle and boat tethers and brought along her boat and tethers to show how she hooked them up. The most important point in her presentation was that she just doesn't cut up some rope and attach them to points on the boat and then go out and paddle. She practices wet exits and reentries over and over and over in rough conditions with the tethers attached. Like any other piece of safefy equipment, owning a tether system isn't enough. One needs to practice using it as well. I wonder how many people buy a wet suit and paddlefloat and think, ok, now I'm safe if I go out in cold water, but have never tried capsizing and doing a reentry in cold water. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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