I have been pondering the most safety-conscious way to arrange my gear in my kayak. Currently, I have a length of cord attached to each item. The cord has a clip on the end which is attached to the kayak. With a scenario like this, gear cannot be lost unless it is unclipped. The challenge with this is that if one gets separated from their kayak, they are doomed. Perhaps one should tie themselves to the kayak? It seems to me that, although this would work, it presents an entanglement risk. Thoughts? I recently purchased a SPOT, and it seems to me that this unit would also be most effective if clipped to the kayak deck with the logo facing the sky. One would turn it on when departing the dock. A single keypress would activate the device, after which point you could forget about it. One could put this device on their body, but since it works best when the SPOT logo is facing the sky, you'd have to mount it on your helmet to be effective. You could mount it on your shoulder, but there is no way to know if your head is blocking Spot's view of the satelite. Thoughts? Derek PS How do you press Spot's "911" button without removing your neoprene gloves? The recessed button prevents false alarms, but..... --------------------------------------------------------------- Please limit all email attachments sent to this address to a maximum of 0.5MB. All email attachments that are larger then 0.5MB will automatically be deleted. --------------------------------------------------------------- ICQ: 262152266, AIM: GlamourpetsD, MSN: [my email address], Yahoo Messenger: glamourpets --------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 30 2008 - 18:23:20 PDT
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