Derek wrote: > I think one of the nicest kayak tow rigs I've seen was > one that had been added to the kayak. Essentially, a > sailing cleat had been added to the rear deck. The > cleat was in easy reaching distance from the tow > paddler. There was also an extra "eye" that was a > little farther back on the kayak. This centers the > place where the actual towing forces occur. This was a standard once associated with NDK - they sold a kit to add to your kayak that included all the bits needed. The photo on KayakWiki is my old (sold a few years ago) Solstice. <http://kayakwiki.org/index.php/Towing_and_safety_rigging> The major complaint with this rig is that the tow line ends up low and sweeps the rear deck of the tower's kayak, snagging anything on it. A PFD tow belt keeps the tow line a tad higher. Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Oct 17 2006 - 21:54:34 PDT
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