[Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (including headers/footers/sig lines/extraneous text from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material in addition to removing header/trailers when replying to posts.] Hello Rafael: Thanks again for sending the photo of you performing the Mexican outrigger with strings attached. I went down to the nearest flatwater and tried the Mexican outrigger again, though I don't have the string fitting. My boat does not have thigh brace flaps. I just jammed the inboard paddle blade under the coaming and deck, and leaned gently on the paddleshaft on the outboard side. This gives terrific stability. I want to try it in bouncy conditions, although I must admit to being lazy about this. Any rescue practice when the water and weather get colder tends to be a quick roll and shiver. The outrigger set up works very well, and does not leave the boat at an angle which brings water aboard. I used both an inflatable and a flat foam paddlefloat, both OK. I am reluctant to drill holes in my boat for the string arrangement, and would be a little worried that a cleat at the side of the coaming could be a knuckle scraper. You have no idea how wild my paddle strokes can get ;-) Cheers, PT *************************************************************************** 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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