Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA24383; Tue, 22 Aug 1995 12:12:31 -0700 Return-Path: <mchapman@chronologic.com-DeleteThis> Received: from chrono.chronologic.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP ($Revision: 1.36.108.11 $/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA123508815; Tue, 22 Aug 1995 12:13:35 -0700 Received: from server.chronologic.com (server.chronologic.com [204.182.5.2]) by chrono.chronologic.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id MAA20193 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 22 Aug 1995 12:06:58 -0700 Received: from diablo.chronologic.com (diablo.chronologic.com [204.182.5.12]) by server.chronologic.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA29615 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 22 Aug 1995 12:08:34 -0700 From: Matt Chapman <mchapman@chronologic.com-DeleteThis> Received: by diablo.chronologic.com (4.1/Chronologic) id AA24206; Tue, 22 Aug 95 12:08:36 PDT Date: Tue, 22 Aug 95 12:08:36 PDT Reply-To: <mchapman@chronologic.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <9508221908.AA24206@diablo.chronologic.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: towing
Sailing at Sterling yesterday I came across a sailor paddling his
board in. We tried the towing suggestion posted here sometime back.
Mucho thanks to the contributor - it worked great.
As suggested, we used a 25 ft length of parachute cord that I stow in
a fanny pack. We tied one end to his mast base and the other to my
spreader bar. The stretchiness of the cord is important since we hit
chop at different times. I was on an 8'4" but I was able to hook in
and sail fairly comfortably. We built up enough speed that he had to
close his eyes against the spray coming off the nose of his board.
- Matt
BTW, he'd blown two panels out of his sail in a fall. He had tried to
sail it in but the monofilm was just too shredded.
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