> [Original Message] > From: Michael Daly > To: <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net> > <http://www.fox40whistle.com/consumer/OrderProduct.aspx?ProductNo=162> > > It is a throw line, with the line stored inside the body of the thing. > Anyone try one of these? Can you throw it like a football with any > success? I think I would have serious reservations about this item. I paddle moving and whitewater as well as quietwater and this isn't a practical configuration for such conditions. Fifty feet is just too short for many rescue applications. The webpage does not mention the thickness of the rope but judging from its rated strength, and the photograph, it is too thin and probably couldn't be held readily in cold conditions and I suspect it slips easily -- but at least it floats. It probably pays out nicely but how on earth do you get the line back in? It looks like one of those things designed by someone who doesn't understand all the functions of what he's working on. One gets the impression that the writer thinks that the goal is to get that big yellow thing into the hands of the victim. I think I'd pass on this item.... Joe P. *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 19 2004 - 07:21:52 PST
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