In a message dated 4/4/2005 2:56:06 PM Pacific Standard Time, ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au writes: Some people have mentioned having a jam cleat for quick release of a deck mounted tow. Is this necessary? It seems easy enough to get slack in a tow line and unclip a snaplink / carabiner. Has anyone experienced a situation in which it was necessary to use a quick release? The quick release aspect of deck, belt or PFD mounted tow rigs ensures that you can very quickly undo yourself from a tow under strain. Even my contact tow can be undone very quickly under strain. If a tow capsizes in a current or down wave you will not be able to backtrack fast enough to undo a the tow without a quick release. That said, of all the real life tows I've done, none were runaways or capsizes other than training situations where all kinds of stuff gets made up on the spot and you get to deal with it. The quick release aspect works and adds next to nothing in cost or weight to the whole of the system if you make it properly. You don't have to buy a tow rig ready made, you can make a really good one cheaply. Someone posted the Sea Paddler link on Paddlewise several months ago and they have all kinds of neat stuff on their site. Here is their rig: _http://www.seapaddler.co.uk/Article9.htm_ (http://www.seapaddler.co.uk/Article9.htm) Rob G *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Apr 04 2005 - 17:54:58 PDT
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