Dear friends, In less than 48 hours there were 1,673 hits in the Mexican Rescue Technique album at my webshots pictures. Thanks a lot. This means that many people are worried about rescues and methods that may work better for them. For that reason I am placing a drawing with the last addition to the technique, that allows the outrigger to be totally fixed to the kayak. You can find it at: http://community.webshots.com/user/cayucochief in the first album. (only one drawing). I want to honour Matt BrozeŽs philosophy and make it public before somebody thinks about patenting this or a similar arrangement. The idea is really very simple. Just place a string on the side of the coaming, securing it to the hull or to the safety line. After placing the paddlefloat on one blade and the other blade under the thigh brace, just turn the string around the shaft and pull it into a cleat until the shaft is more or less tight to the coaming. You can place the sprayskirt on, just leaving a small opening for the shaft. Now you can lean slightly on that side and do whatever you want with both hands. Once through, just pull the string off the cleat and release the paddle. There are many alternatives to this arrangement. Linda Day suggests placing a carabiner and just hook it to the safety line. You can use a string with a stainless steel quick disconnect. IŽll put this arrangement as standard equipment on my personal boats. Hope you like it and thanks for your interest. One final word. It is possible to make a sprayskirt that has a SLEEVE, so that you can slide the paddle in the sleeve and place it under the thigh brace, without removing the sprayskirt. That would make a fixed oturigger without risk of water entering the cockpit. Best Regards, Rafael el cayucochief www.mayanseas.com http://community.webshots.com/user/cayucochief *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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