Craig Jungers wrote: > When I first got into technical rock climbing we routinely made a lot of our > gear using webbing and biners. .... So, in general, I have no problem with > carefully made safety gear. I don't advocate pinching pennies at the risk of, well, risk, but some kayaking gear just doesn't need to be as strong as, say, climbing gear. The North Water Combing Tow Line has line with a breaking strength of 363kg (800lb.). My homebrew tow lines use stretchy rope rated at maybe 250 pounds. If something was pulling at me with much more force than that, I'd just as soon part company with it. No, I can't use them to lower boats and people off cliffs into the water, but I don't want to do that, and anyhow, there are no sea cliffs in this part of the world. I've used them several times to drag people home, and nobody has complained yet. YMMV. Steve -- Steve Cramer Athens, GA http://www.savvypaddler.com *************************************************************************** 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 - 09:38:08 PDT
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