Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.18/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA234870850; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:47:31 -0700 Return-Path: <James.Paugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis> Received: from venus.Sun.COM by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA091900846; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:47:27 -0700 Received: from Eng.Sun.COM ([129.146.1.25]) by venus.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/mail.byaddr) with SMTP id JAA12914 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:37:31 -0700 Received: from jurassic.eng.sun.com by Eng.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-5.3) id JAA11320; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:37:28 -0700 Received: from jalama.eng.sun.com by jurassic.eng.sun.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA21560; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:37:29 -0700 Received: by jalama.eng.sun.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA00728; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:40:27 -0700 Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:40:27 -0700 From: James.Paugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis (Jim Paugh) Message-Id: <199704101640.JAA00728@jalama.eng.sun.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Holding onto the board X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII
> > From: Rick Weiss <rickw@nabletech.com-DeleteThis>
> >
> > I often fall and have to swim to my board. Sometimes if I fall just
> > right, the wind pushes the board downwind, and I have to swim fast
> > to catch my board. Has anyone toyed with the idea of using a leash
> > all the time--- like surfers do?
This would not work. As others have mentioned, you'll end up tangled in
the leash gibing/taching. The leash would have to be long enough to let
you move around, and then it would likely end up under the board,
wrapped around your fin when you're trying to get planing.
Don't worry about tying yourself to the board until you're broken down and
need the insurance that you won't get separated from you board, especially
if that's all you have left.
~Jim
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