"Jed" <jluby_at_teamnorthatlantic.com> wrote: >Conventional wisdom call for towing gear to be quickly releasable and >shock absorbent. Contact tows seem to be neither. How about a 4' "cow tail" on your tow belt. Nothing more than a 4' piece of tubular webbing with 2' of bungie inside. Stowed, it's 2' long, stretched - 4'. Here's my take on the idea: http://www.geocities.com/shawnkayak/tow/ "Sid Stone" <SNStone_at_aol.com> wrote: > A contact tow does not imply the need to "strap" the boats together. >You can, and it sometimes help, use a paddle park (two carabiners >connected by a length of line equal to twice the length of the >deck), to connect the two kayaks. Releasing simply involves undoing one >carabiner. But doing so is "strapping" the boats together--you don't have a quick release. Wasn't there an SK article showing a contact tow setup with webbing and a side-release buckle in the middle and 'biners on both ends? If the side-release were an accessible distance from the tower, it would probably be an adequate quick release. Safe paddling, Shawn Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/ *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Mar 14 2002 - 10:15:14 PST
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