In a message dated 10/16/2002 6:16:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, vaughan_at_jps.net writes: > I've never heard of kayakers tethering themselves to their boats. However, > solo open ocean sailors routinely tether themselves to their boats where > separation from the boat equals death. I guess it depends on what the > greatest risk is on a particular day, entanglement or loss of boat. > Read Audrey Sutherland's Paddling Hawaii and Paddling My Own Canoe. She has paddled thousands of miles solo in Alaska, Ireland, Scotland, Norway and the South Pacific. She always uses a tether. *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Oct 16 2002 - 08:34:15 PDT
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