Re: Snap Shackle vs Carbiner

In article <ledc145lpvtrmj75qde2ip36264it9vksr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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(PeteCresswell) <x@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>45Per Steve Cramer:
>>Looking at pics of surf ski racers and outrigger canoeists, I see some 
>>calf tethers. It appears that the surf ski crowd has different ideas 
>>about tethers than the sea kayak crowd.
>
>Some sea kayakers are adamantly against any sort of tether.
>
>Among all surf ski users that I know/correspond with, some sort
>of tether is considered mandatory.
>
>A distingui****ng "feature" of surf skis is how readily and
>quickly they're swept away by even a moderate breeze - much, much
>faster than anybody can hope to swim.   They're light, they
>expose a *lot* of surface area to the wind, and they don't swamp
>- instead floating high on the water.   
>
>One really has to see it to fully appreciate it.
>

I've no idea if this is really practical or not, but what about 
some kind of sea anchor? 

You'd attach a tether that was breakaway, just strong enough 
to deploy the anchor. Of course, murphy suggests that you'd
end up actually deploying a sail rather than an anchor. 

_ Booker C. Bense