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| - | Well, I guess that all depends. First, by design the paddlers weren't out there when the worst of it hit in the early afternoon. Second, the paddle was from Marine Park to Squalicum, so there were many bail out options (i.e., turning around, the boat works, boulevard park, cornwall beach, squallicum beach). Third, the water was much warmer than when these storms come up in the dead of winter. Would I do the same thing again…no. But not because I was in any kind of danger, but because this about the fifth time I've tried such a thing with an easterly component to the wind and it's just more work that fun once you get past the boat yard. Laps next time for me. | + | Well, I guess that all depends. First, by design the paddlers weren't out there when the worst of it hit in the early afternoon. Second, the paddle was from Marine Park to Squalicum, so there were many bail out options (i.e., turning around, the boat works, boulevard park, cornwall beach, squallicum beach). Third, the water was much warmer than when these storms come up in the dead of winter. Would I do the same thing again…no. But not because I was in any kind of danger, but because this about the fifth time I've tried such a thing with an easterly component to the wind and it's just more work than fun once you get past the boat yard. Laps next time for me. |
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| Larry B | Larry B | ||
| - | **Re: Leashes... [2 Attachments]\\ | + | **Re: Leashes… [2 Attachments]\\ |
| - | Larry <lbussinger@...>** \\ | + | Larry <lbussinger@…>** \\ |
| - | 08/31/15 #17931 | + | 08/31/15 #17931 |
| - | I should have started reading the posts from the back. My setup is similar to yours, but I like your leash better. I hadn't found a good way to keep the leash short enough to have it under control on the back deck (not in the water and not under your butt when re entering) but long enough to carry your boat without excessive pull. Where do you get stretchy silicone tubing with 2:1 stretch? I just keep my belt loose so it will spin on me. | + | I should have started reading the posts from the back. My setup is similar to yours, but I like your leash better. I hadn't found a good way to keep the leash short enough to have it under control on the back deck (not in the water and not under your butt when re entering) but long enough to carry your boat without excessive pull. Where do you get stretchy silicone tubing with 2:1 stretch? I just keep my belt loose so it will spin on me. |
| Larry | Larry | ||
| - | **Re: Leashes...\\ | + | **Re: Leashes…\\ |
| bill** \\ | bill** \\ | ||
| - | 08/31/15 #17932 | + | 08/31/15 #17932 |
| - | I hear ya.... The leash in my photo is about a foot too long and can end up under my tush sometimes. Need to make another shorter one. I purchased the silicon tubing off eBay. I have used surgical tubing before and it's super. I can make a 3 foot leash that stretches to 12 or more feet but it only lasted for a month or so, UV's just kill it in no time. I'm still looking for something with the stretch like latex but isn't killed by UV's in a ridiculously short period of time. The silicone tubing is closer to 3:1 in stretch and should last years. My belt is of 2" webbing and with a locking beaner or snap shackle on it , it moves around my waist freely. | + | I hear ya…. The leash in my photo is about a foot too long and can end up under my tush sometimes. Need to make another shorter one. I purchased the silicon tubing off eBay. I have used surgical tubing before and it's super. I can make a 3 foot leash that stretches to 12 or more feet but it only lasted for a month or so, UV's just kill it in no time. I'm still looking for something with the stretch like latex but isn't killed by UV's in a ridiculously short period of time. The silicone tubing is closer to 3:1 in stretch and should last years. My belt is of 2" webbing and with a locking beaner or snap shackle on it , it moves around my waist freely. |
| - | **Re: Leashes...\\ | + | **Re: Leashes…\\ |
| John Rybczyk** \\ | John Rybczyk** \\ | ||
| - | 08/31/15 #17933 | + | 08/31/15 #17933 |
| - | All of this leash talk reminds me of a similar virtual conversation I was following a while back on the surfski.info site. Folks were chiming in, expounding on the various leashing options and there were even a few who eschewed them completely, even in the open ocean. The testosterone was flying. Then there was one fellow who claimed that he was able to do an eskimo roll in his surfski and thus had no need for a leash at all. When he tipped over, he claimed, he just righted himself and kept paddling. That's when I had to join in on the conversation to find out how he could accomplish such a thing. Surely it would have to involve some kind of elaborate lap strap or harness that would be at at least as cumbersome and even more unwieldy than a simple leash! How else could he keep himself in the boat? | + | All of this leash talk reminds me of a similar virtual conversation I was following a while back on the surfski.info site. Folks were chiming in, expounding on the various leashing options and there were even a few who eschewed them completely, even in the open ocean. The testosterone was flying. Then there was one fellow who claimed that he was able to do an eskimo roll in his surfski and thus had no need for a leash at all. When he tipped over, he claimed, he just righted himself and kept paddling. That's when I had to join in on the conversation to find out how he could accomplish such a thing. Surely it would have to involve some kind of elaborate lap strap or harness that would be at at least as cumbersome and even more unwieldy than a simple leash! How else could he keep himself in the boat? |
| - | No, it turns out that this guy was so big in the backside, he claimed, and wedged into his particular seat so tight, he didn't come out when his boat was sideways or upside down. Once in, he was stuck and a mere huli wasn't going to unstick him. So there you go paddlers, this winter spend a few more minutes at the dinner table and a few less on the erg and render that leash (and maybe even a wetsuit) superfluous. | + | No, it turns out that this guy was so big in the backside, he claimed, and wedged into his particular seat so tight, he didn't come out when his boat was sideways or upside down. Once in, he was stuck and a mere huli wasn't going to unstick him. So there you go paddlers, this winter spend a few more minutes at the dinner table and a few less on the erg and render that leash (and maybe even a wetsuit) superfluous. |
| Johnr | Johnr | ||
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