[Paddlewise] Contact Tows

From: <Blankibr_at_aol.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 01:36:53 EST
My ACA instructors didn't bring up contact tows at all (Open water coastal 
kayaking instructor course) however I did have a rig on deck and I used it in 
the exercises.

I have found if you run the rig under deck lines on both boats you cannot 
capsize to the inside or the outside, thus it is OK to lash the two boats 
together without quick release.

Has anyone found this to not be true, assuming the length of the tow rig 
matches the width of the two boats?

Brian Blankinship
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