On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Derek <glamourpets_at_yahoo.com> wrote: > 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. I think that a good method would be to create hard tie-points inside the kayak to which you can secure drybags. You could epoxy these in. There are some of these available already. I think NRS has something. > > Perhaps one should tie themselves to the kayak? It seems to me that, > although this would work, it presents an entanglement risk. Thoughts? I would be very cautious about tethering myself to the kayak. I don't think I'd do it. What I might do is use my towline to tie myself to the boat if I was already out and needed to make sure I could stay with it. > > 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? > > If I had a SPOT - and it's likely that I'll get one at some point - I'd consider it to be a piece of safety gear like my VHF and wear it rather than leave it on the boat. If you do have a problem then if it's on the boat rescuers will find that. But if you're not in the boat then what? Of course, there is a diminishing return with carrying stuff on your body. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA *************************************************************************** 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 - 20:31:59 PDT
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