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 AA208920850; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 17:07:31 -0700 Return-Path: <rickw@nabletech.com-DeleteThis> Received: from nablewest.com ([204.75.35.120]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA238940851; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 17:07:31 -0700 Received: from dollar ([192.168.1.110]) by nablewest.com (8.6.12/8.6.10) with SMTP id QAA15296 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 16:53:52 -0700 Sender: rickw@nablewest.com-DeleteThis Message-Id: <334C2CDF.49DA@nabletech.com-DeleteThis> Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 16:57:19 -0700 From: Rick Weiss <rickw@nabletech.com-DeleteThis> Organization: N*ABLE Technologies X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4u) To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Holding onto the board Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Ken Poulton wrote:
>
> If you break down, use your spare rope (you *do* carry spare rope,
> don't you?) to tie yourself to the board, first thing. I use the
> rear footstrap. Then you can dink with other safety gear without
> losing your flotation and visibility aid. Harold *did* lose his
> board yesterday, and could not catch it.
>
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?
--rickw
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