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Re: Spare paddle, etc
By:Will N To Go
Date: 1/13/2012, 11:53 am
In Response To: Re: Spare paddle, etc (Mike Bielski)

When I take a break resting my paddle in my lap puts the blades too close to the water. Blade dips in the water, is buoyant and starts pulling it away,
A paddle park on deck would be good, but what I think I'd like is a clip or cradle on the front of my PFD.

I use Euro Paddles, so my back up paddle halves are on my front deck. I don't think we can ever have enough paddles.

Another thought. Know how sometimes stuff from Amazon comes packed with air filled bags?
Why not save these bags up, and just put them in the fore and aft hatches. Not as a replacement for a real airbag, but as a belt and suspenders and suspenders. Get a crack in the hull...and hey it doesn't seem so silly. If you put them in a mesh bag, they'd be easier to control.

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

: m

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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
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Mike Bielski -- 1/12/2012, 8:01 am
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Dave Gentry -- 1/12/2012, 9:58 am
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Randy Knauff -- 1/12/2012, 11:00 am
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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
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Bill Hamm -- 1/22/2012, 3:46 am
Don't Leave Shore Without a Spare paddle
John VanBuren -- 1/13/2012, 10:56 am
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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
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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
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Craig Robinson -- 1/17/2012, 2:11 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/18/2012, 5:28 am