RE: [Paddlewise] SV: SV: T-Rescue not T-brace

From: Steve Brown <steve_at_brown-web.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:03:07 -0800
Same problem with our boats. Vickie has a mariner Elan and I have an
Express. It's a long-long ways from the toggle to the deck bungies. Neither
boat has deck lines in the classic sense. Thankfully, both the standard bow
lines that come with the boats and slightly enhanced quick release tow
system I now have on them solve the problem.
Without them it's very risky to pull the boat past the bow toggle and
stopping at the bow toggle doesn't come close to doing the job. The cockpit
is just too far to the rear.
I'm not familiar with the viscosity of pigsnot because in SoCal we usually
use just plain snot. Both of these boats are definitely slicker than (plain)
snot when wet.

Steve Brown
 

-----Original Message-----
 The only time I remember having trouble was on a long homemade wood kayak.
I couldn't reach from the toggle to the cockpit, and the middle section was
slicker than pigsnot.

Geoff
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