{"id":1888,"date":"2019-09-13T16:40:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T16:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phpaddlers.com\/?p=1888"},"modified":"2019-09-13T16:40:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T16:40:25","slug":"worst-case-scenario-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/worst-case-scenario-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Worst Case Scenario II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T52e0iWOCy4\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T52e0iWOCy4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, let\u2019s talk about safety!\u00a0 It has been a while since our first \u201cWorst Case Scenario\u201d video (where we are recovering an unconscious victim in awaiting of the Coast Guard) and our attention was drawn by a few real-life stories from fellow paddlers that lost their boat during their trips.\u00a0 Why is it that a board surfer is tethered to his board, and a surf skier is also tethered to his surf ski\u2026.?\u00a0 But I rarely hear sea kayakers tethering themselves to their boat?\u00a0 Of course, it can be dangerous in specific situations such as during surfing, or during rock hopping.\u00a0 But when one goes offshore than there are only benefits by attaching yourself to your boat.\u00a0 We tried a few setups during the past year, going from the use of the long tow line on the belt to a mid-size safety line, to the short tow line just in front of the cockpit.\u00a0 I chose the last option, where I hook the carabiner of the short tow line (a piece of bungie) to the loop of my spray deck.\u00a0 That way I can still pull my spray deck in case of emergency, it is also not in the way of a roll.\u00a0 There is also a minimum risk of entanglement.\u00a0 This video shows what could happen if you lose your boat, and how you can prepare yourself for the worst-case scenario.\u00a0 Feel free to comment or share experiences and what works best for you.\u00a0 Have fun and be safe on the water!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T52e0iWOCy4 So, let\u2019s talk about safety!\u00a0 It has been a while since our first \u201cWorst Case Scenario\u201d video (where we are recovering an unconscious victim in awaiting of the Coast Guard) and our attention was drawn by a few real-life stories from fellow paddlers that lost their boat during their trips.\u00a0 Why is it that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8898,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8898"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1889,"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888\/revisions\/1889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}