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| - | ==== The details ==== | ||
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| - | **Reivers Dustin** \\ | ||
| - | 04/08/08 #4222 | ||
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| - | At the last kayak safety session there was a couple who brought a\\ | ||
| - | touring kayak into the Coast Guard station for show and tell. The idea\\ | ||
| - | was to show some of the work that the British Canoe Union (BCU) has\\ | ||
| - | done to raise the standard of safety for Kayaks (Canoes in England). | ||
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| - | The level of attention to detail was impressive. There is a grab line\\ | ||
| - | running the full perimeter of the boat. There is a grab loop at each\\ | ||
| - | end. All hard points are recessed. The grab loops are engineered so\\ | ||
| - | that they minimize pinch-points or entrapment hazard. The rudder\\ | ||
| - | system is hidden so you don't hook a boot strap or PFD strap anywhere.\\ | ||
| - | The cockpit coaming is engineered so that there is minimum risk of\\ | ||
| - | catchment. | ||
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| - | The couple talked about several incidents of unlikely straps getting\\ | ||
| - | caught on re-entry or exit. They also had a case where the boat loop\\ | ||
| - | at the front was grabbed, but as the boat rolled, the fingers did too. | ||
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| - | This type of thing deserves some thought for our own individual set-\\ | ||
| - | up. I've done that trip out to Elize a few times and had the weather\\ | ||
| - | change amazingly. I guess you can figure out the rest - you are your\\ | ||
| - | gear. Set yourself up to survive. | ||
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| - | RD | ||
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| - | **Re: The details....\\ | ||
| - | Reivers Dustin** \\ | ||
| - | 04/09/08 #4225 | ||
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| - | Now that you mention it, way far ahead. They influenced a lot of\\ | ||
| - | paddlers quite a few years ago. Jeeze, this is a little like\\ | ||
| - | remembering old rock bands. It can make you sad. | ||
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| - | Speaking of old, some of my interest in equipment set up is from LRRP\\ | ||
| - | missions in RVN. We were crazy kids with the illusion of being\\ | ||
| - | important. When you are six guys in the jungle doing recon in a free-\\ | ||
| - | fire zone your gear must be very well organized. Every strap is\\ | ||
| - | taped down, there are no reflective surfaces, every piece of gear\\ | ||
| - | works every time and there is not a single thing you do not need.\\ | ||
| - | Any kind of extras or 'style' is bad. | ||
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| - | I don't know what to tell people about where to attach their\\ | ||
| - | leashes. It's just a good idea to recognize the logic that the Broze\\ | ||
| - | brothers and the BCU apply: the boat, the paddle and you are likely\\ | ||
| - | to become wildly reconfigured somewhere in your travels together.\\ | ||
| - | Fingers, straps, strings and buttons will go where you never wanted\\ | ||
| - | them and resist your will to behave. Maybe even more important, any\\ | ||
| - | weakness in the serviceability of your equipment will make you\\ | ||
| - | suffer. | ||
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