I carry
a second paddle under my rear bungees, I choose this location primarly because I do not want anything heavy or possibly damaging to myself on the front deck where a large wave can send it in the direction of my face. People may say that you will snag a tow line or get in the way during a rescue but in several years of teaching I have never had that happen. In fact I had a bigger problem with them on the foredeck with people grabbing them during an assisted rescue and pulling them out from under the bungees or even snapping bungee cords.
yes this really is a problem
yes, the front deck has its problems too. Especially folks grabbing the paddles during rescue and recoveries.
I still believe the front deck has the most advantages, however, if and only if
the paddles are secured by something like the Northwater paddle bib for the shafts which make reinsertion easy also and the blades by a quick reliease wide strap NOT bungees.
And the perimeter lines are held up and separate from the deck by virture of small pieces of tubing by each attachment place or small plastic balls. This allows for better assisted recoveries, the paddler can easily be told to grab there NOT the paddles.
But there is definitely room for NO ACCOUNTING FOR INDIVIDUAL taste here.
methods of attaching them on deck
while the bungee cords will keep paddles secure (relatively) the the deck, I don’t know how would you go about repositioning the paddle under the bungee without assistance while on a paddle.
There are a couple of methods for an easy stowing and retrieving of paddles on the foredeck: http://gnarlydognews.blogspot.com/2009/03/shop-sea-kayak-paddle-park.html
thanks gnarlydog and tideplay
I’ve been looking for paddle cradles for the front deck… keeping them under the bungee is secure but the paddles blades scratch up the deck (I put some tape over the blade tips for now) and having some place to stow the handle would be useful for switching blades. I’ve seen people use ropes with a GP but that would be too loose for a Euro.
paddle britches
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these work well, very secure, openings for paddle shaft stay easy to resecure paddle shafts. Simply use a quick release strap for blades.
They don't stretch so waves don't move the paddles nor surf, but much faster to release and resecure
I love gnarlydogs products. I made a less super model like his as well out of minicell foam with reinforced inserts. They have the advantage of being soft so if you ram someone they do not protrude.
http://www.northwater.com/html/products/sea_kayak/SKsubdirectory/PaddleBritches.html
Group? What group?
What’s group got to do with it?
Whether in a group or not I paddle solo w. my own spare.
My third paddle is a CF GP
I carry three paddles a lot (and tend to use them all). I’ve taken more, but when I’ve done that I’ve come back with fewer…
I went with
the pvc, about 6’’ long, drilled a hole for a rope tie, stuffed some mini cell in the back, and had an extra Thule strap to hold the blades in place… under the blades a small matted mesh bag…
already had about 3’ of pvc, and some rope…
not sure if I’ll paint them… very happy, this is going to work!!
Pipe Sections
Celia, can you please expand on the pipe sections? What is the material and how they are threaded onto the bungies. Thanks!
Pad under the bungies
I solved the paddle stowage challenge by cutting a thin yoga pad and placing it under the bungies. Then I sit the paddle betwen the pad and the bungies. Works great.
1/2 paddle sweep roll
WW canoeists do it all the time
GP paddle term?
I see the acronym GP used to describe a paddle in the replies. What eaxactly is a GP ? Is is a brand of paddle or a general purpose paddle ?
What is a Euro paddle? :=)
Greenland Paddle
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I agree, a friend lost the paddle
some time ago in a swim and relied on someone who had a group spare. Happens once in a while.
Dogmaticus
plumbers pipe elbows from Lowes
are all of 4 bucks each and they come in black.
Dogmaticus
waste elbows
cut off the threads
steve
yup
one split on front, one split on back…figure i can grab a split in either direction and roll up if i need to…and practice that.
rigged bungie in addition to standard to keep them secure in surf. they come out with a nice yank and can be put back with “some” level of security (although in truth, putting them back might not be a problem - if i need to pull them, then something has gone seriously amiss with the one i had in my hands and how likely am i to now put one away?)
in any event, practice whatever you rig…have fun.
Stowing is a snap with a GP…
…as they slide under deck rigging easily if you set it up properly. The blade shape of Euro paddles complicates things considerably and generally requires some ingenuity to come up a system that’s secure and quick to use.