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| There are a number of quick release waist belts for SUP leashes. Many seem to use Velcro for the main belt closure which I don't really care for. NRS used to sell (does not seem available now) a waist belt with a strong quick release front buckle and ring in back for leash attachment that Denise and I are using modified versions of. Here is a somewhat similar one: | There are a number of quick release waist belts for SUP leashes. Many seem to use Velcro for the main belt closure which I don't really care for. NRS used to sell (does not seem available now) a waist belt with a strong quick release front buckle and ring in back for leash attachment that Denise and I are using modified versions of. Here is a somewhat similar one: | ||
| - | NSI Whitewater Quick Release SUP Leash | + | [[https://www.northshoreinc.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=533&idcategory=0|NSI Waist Leash]] |
| **Waterman Larry** \\ | **Waterman Larry** \\ | ||
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| **John Rybczyk** \\ | **John Rybczyk** \\ | ||
| - | 10/29/19 #25616 | + | 10/29/19 #25616 |
| - | While the "dragging a person on the back of your surf ski" method might be a useful tool to have in the kit for some situations, I don't think that there is much practical application for such a rescue endeavor here in Bellingham Bay. I may be forgetting something, but I can't think of a single rescue that went down that way around here (i.e...dragging someone back to shore on the back of your ski). I could see it working if a person was very near to shore and was unable to swim for it for some reason (that is, in fact, the case for those mythical life guards in Australia who are largely performing beach rescues). In every situation that I can recall, or heard of in B'bay, when it got that bad, the Coast Guard was summoned...even when Marine Park was within sight. | + | While the "dragging a person on the back of your surf ski" method might be a useful tool to have in the kit for some situations, I don't think that there is much practical application for such a rescue endeavor here in Bellingham Bay. I may be forgetting something, but I can't think of a single rescue that went down that way around here (i.e…dragging someone back to shore on the back of your ski). I could see it working if a person was very near to shore and was unable to swim for it for some reason (that is, in fact, the case for those mythical life guards in Australia who are largely performing beach rescues). In every situation that I can recall, or heard of in B'bay, when it got that bad, the Coast Guard was summoned…even when Marine Park was within sight. |
| See you on the water (but not in it hopefully!) | See you on the water (but not in it hopefully!) | ||
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| - | P.S. Props to Dan for wearing a bombproof, warm-in-the-water wetsuit. That's the ticket in the winter if you think you're going to fall in and that it might take you four tries to get back in. | + | P.S. Props to Dan for wearing a bombproof, warm-in-the-water wetsuit. That's the ticket in the winter if you think you're going to fall in and that it might take you four tries to get back in. |
| **Waterman Larry** \\ | **Waterman Larry** \\ | ||
| - | 10/29/19 #25617 | + | 10/29/19 #25617 |
| Jim Schulz just sent this video of a back seat rider rescue from a couple of days ago. | Jim Schulz just sent this video of a back seat rider rescue from a couple of days ago. | ||
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| Larry | Larry | ||
| - | https://youtu.be/UCKJNQacNmg | + | [[https://youtu.be/UCKJNQacNmg|https://youtu.be/UCKJNQacNmg]] |
| **Jeff Hegedus** \\ | **Jeff Hegedus** \\ | ||
| - | 10/31/19 #25623 | + | 10/31/19 #25623 |
| Great discussion. Just as an aside, it seems also worth adding a note about maintaining good leeway from the shipyard. Especially on a westerly, the clapotis from the floating dock is challenging, and especially on a flood tide, the current can sweep under the pier and dock. too close and even a good quick remount might not be enough. | Great discussion. Just as an aside, it seems also worth adding a note about maintaining good leeway from the shipyard. Especially on a westerly, the clapotis from the floating dock is challenging, and especially on a flood tide, the current can sweep under the pier and dock. too close and even a good quick remount might not be enough. | ||
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