Mark Sanders wrote: > As far as knives go, do you carry a blunt tip or a pointy one? Does it > matter? Do you tether it with something so it can't get loose? I prefer a blunt tip - I'm not interested in stabbing myself when I just want to cut something away from me. I've never tethered my knife; the good knives have a sheath with a lock that doesn't let go. A tether is something that would get in the way and tangle... unless you had a self winding coil of some kind to take up the slack. > > As far as toe ropes go, what's the least amount of rope that should be > carried. I don't want to have any more than I need. Most folks seem to go with 15m or 50ft. Use a chain sinnet to shorten it for towing in calmer water and let it go full length to deal with waves and such. Some prefer a two part tow rope, one long and one short rather than deal with sinnets and such. Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Apr 25 2003 - 20:01:32 PDT
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