How about 12 feet. That gives the kayak being towed a bit of wiggle room behind your kayak. 30 - 35 feet and 50 feet seem the most common legths. BTW, I was e-mailing one of my Storm Island rescue buddies this weekend - Andrew Madding. I had towed him for 6 hours plus in a gale during that incident. The 50 foot length was too long for the steep, breaking seas. Anyway, Andrew just finished logging 25,000 cumulative miles in his Pisces kayak. That's a good accomplishment. He just bought a sailboat.Guess you'd get tired of paddling after 25,000 miles. Doug Lloyd >I know I may be silly to think we might come up with some type of >consensus, > but perhaps we can agree within about 10 feet or so: > > I want to make my own tow rig. I already have all the components sans > rope. > What is the opinion as to the LEAST amount of rope needed, keeping in mind > I > paddle mostly solo and if you're not a purty gurl, I'm not that inclined > to > come save you anyway! > > I assume I want Spectra?, but what diameter? > > I like A. Lincoln's attitude. When asked what he felt was the ideal lenght > for a person's legs, he said "long enough to reach the ground". > > Mark > > www.sandmarks.net *************************************************************************** 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 Sun May 06 2007 - 20:03:32 PDT
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