Re: Best Way To Attach Paddle Leash?

Per Brian Nystrom:
>Just think of what could happen if you get hammered in big water, with 
>the boat rolling and tumbling and you tied to it. VERY BAD IDEA.
>
>Paddle leashes are just about as useless and as much of a pain, 
>particularly since you're in a boat without a cockpit and the only place 
>to tether the paddle is way forward.

But with surf skis, one or the other type of leash seems tb a
necessary evil.   The term of art is "blowaway".   The skis are
so light and float so high that any wind at all will sweep them
away from somebody treading water in a heartbeat - much, much
faster than anybody can swim.

The consensus among surf ski paddlers seems tb the calf-attached
leash terminating at the rudder pedals.

But I've got a problem with that since nobody in their right mind
leaves such a leash attached when coming in through the surf.   

Given that, I've got to resolve the issue of kids playing in the
shore break when I lose the thing in break just outside of that.
-- 
PeteCresswell