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Re: drift socks
Reply #20 - Oct 5th, 2010 at 4:29pm
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Solo,
I had figured as much. Just pulling your string a bit...
  
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Re: drift socks
Reply #21 - Oct 5th, 2010 at 5:59pm
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Old Salt wrote on Oct 5th, 2010 at 4:29pm:
Solo,
I had figured as much. Just pulling your string a bit...


I should know by now Roll Eyes
  
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Re: drift socks
Reply #22 - Oct 6th, 2010 at 12:35am
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Back to driftsocks...
  
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Re: drift socks Or Anchors
Reply #23 - Oct 17th, 2010 at 7:32am
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Keep a Knife Handy...
Really?
Roll EyesYep! In an Emergency 'Cut The Rope "now"'.
Any line that keeps you connected to the bottom should be ready to be cut at any time ( ie keep a knife  or a slipknot ready ). Including drift socks & anchors .
Fact is Drift Socks & anchors, weigh little & on windy days can help or hinder a canoe.
Keep the Sock close & remove it when moving the Canoe for a distance.
Youz Guyz Know..... -WWUW
  
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Re: drift socks
Reply #24 - Oct 17th, 2010 at 12:21pm
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Some may question ST and WWUW advice on keeping a knife handy to cut the rope but here is a little story to illustrate such sage advice.

I was backcountry saltwater fishing in a gheenoe. (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)
A super sweet set-up that you can still paddle especially with a current. Anyway, I had some 25 ft of anchor rope as I would usually tie off along the side of the boat in 3 to 5 ft of water. At the end of one trip I decided to try a hole in a pass. It didn't look like it but the tide was moving pretty good and when that anchor finally caught there wasn't enough scope and the current was literally pushing the boat out from under me. With only inches to spare and a few seconds left I grabbed a bait knife and cut the line. Sitting somewhat sideways the boat would of filled and probably sank very quickly and I would of been in a world of hurt back in the middle of nowhere with night coming on.

Stuff can happen, be ready for it. I more or less got lucky and didn't have to pay for my stupidity or ignorance or whatever you want to call it.  
  
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Re: drift socks
Reply #25 - Oct 18th, 2010 at 2:18pm
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Some people learn from other's misfortunes/close calls, some either need the experience first hand, or live in denial Grin

I use a slipknot on anchor whenever it's deployed, but always have my knife handy.  When you see movies or read stories about the days of iron men in wooden ships, you understand that even though they were the masters of ropes and knots, they always had a sharp knife on their person. A knot is essentially a mechanical device. Like all devices, they can fail/foul at the most inopportune times.

A knife, assuming it's metallurgically sound only needs to be kept as sharp as possible to perform it's primary function. Wink
  
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