I've always used a waist mounted system for towing in sea kayaking. I've done a lot more short tows in whitewater classes, but have done a fair amount of towing in sea kayaking - not miles and miles, but a half a mile to a mile of pulling a loaded double or single. The last time I did this on a "three hour tour" I towed three distinctly overweight women that someone put into a triple (I was assisting on a large tour about two years ago, and happened to end up as sweep). Considering that I am a 5'2" 130lb woman I would say this would work for others. I've known people who have worked through experimenting with tows while going through the BCU star program and seem to think waist tows won in the end. I would hope that if one was hours from shore in rough seas one might have some alternative options. Andree PS Thanks for the "eye" options everyone! On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Bob Volin wrote: > Peter, > I don't qualify as someone who has towed for HOURS in ROUGH seas, > but I have towed for miles, sometimes in moderate chop -- all with a > waist-mounted system. I use a Salamander Pro, which has a bungee at the > base of its long tow line. This doesn't eliminate the shocks of dynamic Andree Hurley KIX: http://www.onwatersports.com/ Store Update: http://www.viewit.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc? *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Mar 31 2005 - 20:38:38 PST
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