> I am intrigued by this. I must say that I am also intrigued. Its not a form of injury that I even considered. Do toe injuries from breaking grab handles count? Or perhaps from dropping the boat as the result of poor grip on the grab handle? I've never witnessed these, but my guess is that they are at least as likely as a finger injury. :P One thing that came to mind after reading about this study was the was the way in which Impex outfits their current boats. They have the typical grab handles found on most boats. They also have a much larger fabric handle loop that they mount on the deck. This additional handle was a nice touch. My guess is that it may be safer then the standard grab loop. Derek > > In the last four plus years of kayaking, I have yet > to hear of anyone > getting injured this way, let alone know of anyone > personally. (My > other kayaking was so long ago that I have forgotten > almost > everything: and I don't think there were grab > handles on kayaks back > then 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 Tue Sep 26 2006 - 17:04:29 PDT
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