yep. I played with drouges in surf and wind and they are a tough option to rely on IMO. lot's of junk to go wrong and when it goes wrong it goes seriously wrong. It IS un-natural running in on a swell with a line holding you offshore. You could always hook a towline or two to an injured paddler and let em in that way, or something I have tried and seemed to work. get outta your boat and ride/swim in holding the victims boat as a human sea anchor. steve (who loves to swim and play in surf!) *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Jan 02 2005 - 16:24:09 PST
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