How hard would it be to pack a sea anchor someplace where if the paddler falls off or the boat inverts it would be activated? Maybe the seat could be a hatch with a lightly spring loaded sea anchor under it? Latched "saftey on" when not needed, and unlatched "safety off" when aboard and paddling? For those who may have been sky divers, I'm thinking of the spring loaded pilot chute on our rigs in the early 70's to deploy the chute after the rip cord was pulled. I dunno if they still are used. (he looks...) Yes, like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_chute On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Kirk Olsen <kork4_at_cluemail.com> wrote: > > Nick had some excellant points in the comments on surfskiracing.com. > > > On Thursday, October 13, 2011 9:01 PM, "Doug Lloyd" <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca> > wrote: > > Tragic. Leg-leash failure. Left behind. Death. > > > > http://surfskiracing.org/2011/10/todd-ellison-dies-in-tragic-surfski-acciden > > t-by-zach-handler/?utm_source=rss > > <http://surfskiracing.org/2011/10/todd-ellison-dies-in-tragic-surfski-accide > > nt-by-zach-handler/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=todd-ellison- > > dies-in-tragic-surfski-accident-by-zach-handler> > > &utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=todd-ellison-dies-in-tragic-surfski-accident-by > > -zach-handler > > > > http://blogs.twincities.com/outdoors/2011/10/11/detailed-account-of-kayakers > > -death-on-mille-lacs/ -- http://parkswhistles.com/ http://www.facebook.com/carey.parks http://twitter.com/LuthierCarey *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Oct 14 2011 - 09:39:05 PDT
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