Re: [Paddlewise] Safety Tether

From: <Niilus_at_aol.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:33:44 EDT
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.


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