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Re: Spare paddle, etc
By:Randy Knauff
Date: 1/12/2012, 11:00 am
In Response To: Re: Spare paddle, etc (Mike Bielski)

: Don't use a paddle leash unless you're just in a pond. It's an
: entrapment hazard.

: m
I use a very light bungee cord on my paddle leash, breaks with about 10-15 pounds of force. That is plenty strong to hold a kayak in the wind from drifting away but can be broken with a push of the arms or leg if entangled.
If you look at the paddle leashes for surf kayaks, they are thick heavy duty unbreakable ones so the strong surf doesn't take the boat all the way into shore. Never had an entanglement problem with them.
Entanglement on a fast river might be different but in deep slow or non-moving water, untangling is usually not a problem either.
Leashes are a nice option to have depending on the conditions.
Randy

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: Spare paddle
ancient kayaker -- 1/11/2012, 5:20 pm
Re: Paddle: Spare paddle *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 1/11/2012, 6:43 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 1/11/2012, 7:26 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/11/2012, 8:02 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 1/11/2012, 10:42 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/12/2012, 10:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/16/2012, 3:11 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/12/2012, 1:22 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 1/14/2012, 7:11 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 1/14/2012, 8:01 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 1/14/2012, 9:45 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 1/14/2012, 9:54 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 1/11/2012, 7:28 pm
Spare paddle, etc
Dave Gentry -- 1/11/2012, 9:37 pm
Re: Spare paddle, etc
Mike Bielski -- 1/12/2012, 8:01 am
Re: Spare paddle, etc
Dave Gentry -- 1/12/2012, 9:58 am
Re: Spare paddle, etc
Randy Knauff -- 1/12/2012, 11:00 am
Re: Spare paddle, etc
Will N To Go -- 1/13/2012, 11:53 am
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Paul Davies -- 1/11/2012, 7:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/12/2012, 1:20 am
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Matthias -- 1/12/2012, 2:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/16/2012, 3:14 am
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Matthias -- 1/17/2012, 2:10 am
Re: Paddle: Spare paddle
Bill Hamm -- 1/22/2012, 3:46 am
Don't Leave Shore Without a Spare paddle
John VanBuren -- 1/13/2012, 10:56 am
Re: Don't Leave Shore Without a Spare paddle
Mike Savage -- 1/13/2012, 2:07 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 1/13/2012, 2:36 pm
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Mike Savage -- 1/13/2012, 7:40 pm
Re: Don't Leave Shore Without a Spare paddle *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 1/13/2012, 4:05 pm
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Mike Savage -- 1/13/2012, 7:52 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/13/2012, 3:40 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 1/13/2012, 7:03 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 1/14/2012, 7:18 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 1/15/2012, 7:19 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 1/15/2012, 7:30 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/15/2012, 7:34 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/16/2012, 3:21 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/16/2012, 3:15 am
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Craig Robinson -- 1/17/2012, 2:01 am
Re: Don't Leave Shore Without a Spare paddle
Craig Robinson -- 1/17/2012, 2:11 am
Re: Don't Leave Shore Without a Spare paddle
Robert N Pruden -- 1/18/2012, 5:28 am