bluekayak:
Thanks I’ll look at constrictor knots. I have another idea that might fit that into the mix
With the price of meat and seafood what it is I need to tidy up one of my yaks and fish. So a video could be a possibility. It’ll have to coincide with one of my son’s surf days which would also mean I’d have some surf to launch through and maybe he could hold a cam
One thing I noticed when I got the Tarpon 16 (1999) was coming in to a big beach break felt like a dare to see if I could land it without swimming, which on one occasion at Muir resulted in a full endo. Prior to that I always swam through anything 5’+
Being older now I might use better judgment
NowhereMan:
--- Quote from: bluekayak on March 13, 2025, 01:33:18 PM ---NowhereMan when I was thinking about getting us a TI it was one of the first things I thought about. In that case might even have two lines one for my son and one for myself
Plan would be to do some surf launches/landings for emergency prep
Not sure anybody does beach launches with those, Bolinas has something close to it where the ramp is and that’s a hard landing if you didn’t get it right. I watched Chet land his AI there and the swell coming in behind him was tall enough I couldnt see him. Had me nervous watching him
I remember somebody on an AI crashed and burned there some years ago
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In case you are interested, here is a long video of a bunch of surf launch/landing by some guy on a TI: