>Rigging the lashings so one (or one of two) snap shackes will release it may >not be trivial, but can be done. I attach it using a pair of 3/4" web straps with fastex buckles. My thinking was similar to Carey's, in theory, if trying to do a paddlefloat re-entry I could unsnap the straps to get it out of the way. I'd risk losing my sleeping pad if things were really out of control conditions-wise but more realistically I'd have to retrieve the bag. I should add that most of my paddling is inland waters - in open ocean conditions if it was bad enough to have me swimming, I'm not sure chasing a bag out on the tide would be that easy! Hopefully I could tether the bag to the boat before clambering on. Also, watching my 6'8" 250 lb carcass do a paddlefloat re-entry is so much fun that more than likely the spectacle would attract an audience regardless of how far off the beaten path I was so there would be spectators around to grab the loose bag anyway!! *************************************************************************** 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 May 14 2004 - 15:33:24 PDT
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