G'Day, My regular towline is 15 metres and used for towing paddlers out at sea where large, long period swell necessitates a safe distance between boats. However, there are at least as many occasions when one needs to use a much shorter tow. In harbours where a long tow poses a hazard to other boats, or when rescuing people with severe balance problems who need the support of a boat, or for getting people quickly away from rocks or out of surf where there may not be much room for manoeuvre. Question: Is there an optimum length and particular technique for short towing or is it a question of adjusting a rope to suit the circumstances. At present in addition to my 15 metre tow rope I have a 3 metre rope with loops along its length so that its quick to adjust the length, but not sure if this is necessary or the best solution. Under some circumstances would one tow the rescuee with their bow near the cockpit, on other occasions with their bow about 2 metres behind the rescuers stern? Advice and comment would be much appreciated? All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Peter, My home made waist towline has about 15 meters of line that I have daisy chained to 17'. The chain is held by a close to the waist brass snaphook. If I need more, I release the snaphook, Usually, I don't. All I'm trying to do is drag an unfortunate soul back into an eddyline or out from a rock and a watery place. I do not want the added time it takes to make the line go taut, or for that matter, all that line in the water, anyway. I augment my waist tow with a contact tow, tied with a quick releasable knot on the front deck. I really like towing from my jamcleat and fairlead behind the cockpit coaming, as it is configured the same way, but often I just don the waist system and call it a day. If you want a pic, backchannel me and I'll send over a couple. Cheers, Rob G *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I found a link to a chain sinnet in my favorites. It is easy to tie. _http://www.animatedknots.com/chainsinnet/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Web site=www.animatedknots.com_ (http://www.animatedknots.com/chainsinnet/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com) Paddlers often call it daisy chain (myself included), but the chain sinnet is probably the better term. Cheers, Rob G *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
This is a very handy knot for daisy chaining... Used to use it every day, for extension cords, after taking the ends plug to plug, when I was building houses, back in the day. Turner On Jan 3, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Rcgibbert_at_aol.com wrote: > I found a link to a chain sinnet in my favorites. It is easy to tie. > > _http://www.animatedknots.com/chainsinnet/index.php? > LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Web > site=www.animatedknots.com_ > (http://www.animatedknots.com/chainsinnet/index.php? > LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com) > > Paddlers often call it daisy chain (myself included), but the chain > sinnet > is probably the better term. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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