> >I made about three different tow rigs before giving > in and buying one. A function issue I have > encountered with carabiners is that small bit that > sticks up on the inside of the gate. It catches > rope like crazy. Even my store bought North Water > tow system came with a biner. I removed it after a > few uses. The hook challenge can be overcome. You need to select a caribeener without a hook shaped gate. MEC sells a variety of these. With the hook gone, the catching issue should also be gone. Derek --------------------------------------------------------------- Please limit all email attachments sent to this address to a maximum of 0.5MB. All email attachments that are larger then 0.5MB will automatically be deleted. --------------------------------------------------------------- ICQ: 262152266, AIM: GlamourpetsD, MSN: [my email address], Yahoo Messenger: glamourpets --------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Oct 16 2006 - 08:10:09 PDT
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