Our bow painter is very long, as it runs doubled over, through all the eyelets for the deck line, from bow to stern (The deck line is the one you're supposed to grab onto if you have wet exit). But our painter is high tech, being mostly Kevlar, so it is very thin, maybe 2 mm, and still very strong and durable and ended by a hefty toggle. In total it is about 10 meters long, ended by a big toggle. It has been very useful, numerous times, not least as a way to secure the Klepper to something solid. Also useful when you need to drag it along shallows, et cetera. Very quickly deployed, less fast to return to transport mode! Tord -- Want an e-mail address like mine? Get a free e-mail account today at www.mail.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 Sat Apr 26 2008 - 03:02:05 PDT
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