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 AA20425; Tue, 5 Sep 1995 13:08:36 -0700 Return-Path: <alans@lan.nsc.com-DeleteThis> Received: from gatekeeper.nsc.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP ($Revision: 1.36.108.11 $/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA021941793; Tue, 5 Sep 1995 13:09:53 -0700 Received: from nsc.nsc.com by gatekeeper.nsc.com (5.65/fma-120691) with SMTP; id AA21606 for wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis; Tue, 5 Sep 95 13:04:48 -0700 Received: from lan237.nsc.com by nsc.nsc.com (5.65/1.34) with SMTP id AA22621 for wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis; Tue, 5 Sep 95 13:04:41 -0700 Received: from jukebox.nsc.com by lan.nsc.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA12489; Tue, 5 Sep 95 12:40:46 PDT Date: Tue, 5 Sep 95 12:40:46 PDT From: alans@lan.nsc.com-DeleteThis (Alan Segervall) Message-Id: <9509051940.AA12489@lan.nsc.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis, mchapman@chronologic.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: towing Cc: lsegervall@idcresearch.com-DeleteThis, lafingguy@aol.com-DeleteThis, owain@geis.geis.com-DeleteThis, simc@eorm.com-DeleteThis, ajchilton@aol.com-DeleteThis, snyders@halsp.hitachi.com-DeleteThis, GregBriggs@aol.com-DeleteThis
Glad to see someone finally tried out my ideas for towing!
I've actually got plaining for a few seconds while towing!
It get's a little rough on the rescuee back there trying to hang on!
B)
Alan
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>> 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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