Darryl wrote: > I had a friend who came up with the idea of attaching a fairly large > (and heavy) carabiner to his sprayskirt grab loop. <snip> > While it *seemed* like a good idea, I must admit that I have not > tried it myself, so I can't offer any personal observations on the > system. If you're the sort of person who has trained himself to go into a tuck upon capsize, that large and heavy chunk of metal might be a hazard. The rest of his rationale seems reasonable, but only with a locking 'biner. A non-locking gate could get caught on something and cause an entrapment itself. 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 Thu Jul 03 2008 - 09:29:10 PDT
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