Quoting Darryl <Darryl.Johnson_at_sympatico.ca>: > > I'm starting a little research project. Ok maybe not so little. I'd > > like to hear first person accounts from anyone who has been injured > > by the grab handle loop on the bow or stern of a kayak. > > > > I am intrigued by this. > > 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.) > > Yet the assumption must be that there *are* injuries of this sort for > Gordon to start a research project on it. > > I would be interested in seeing a copy of any replies sent to the > list as well as to Gordon. (It's the stuff you don't know about that > ends up biting you in the ass.) > > -- > Darryl This summer I managed to pull the grab handle out of the bow of my kayak. I was dragging the fully loaded boat up onto a beach and stressed the aluminum rivets beyond capacity. I should have known better but was being impatient. No injury resulted except to my ego. Bradford R. Crain Department of Mathematics and Statistics Portland State University 724 SW Harrison St. 334 Neuberger Hall Portland, Or 97201 Phone: 503-725-3127 E-mail: crainb_at_pdx.edu Fax: 503-725-3661 *************************************************************************** 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 - 18:55:51 PDT
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