bluekayak:
Push it in until you have a loop 6-8” or whatever feels right when it’s on your wrist
It should be tight enough to hang onto but loose enough that you can let go if you need to for some reason
bluekayak:
A little disclaimer here
The main thing I’m recommending is you know how to control your yak, and this is one way to do that. It’s especially true in the surf and even more if there are surfers or kids and dogs playing in the waves
Most people won’t find themselves in a swim-in situation but you never know
Tsuri:
Happy to say I haven't had a surf landing that required the landing rope but I have had a decent amount of surf landings. In harder landings I'm a big fan of nothing on deck.
When I have had sketckty surf landings I have been able to get through by getting as close in as I felt comfortable with the break and then sliding in and to the stern handle letting the kayak tow me in. I think the rope is for the most extreme landings.
bluekayak:
I’m not suggesting everyone should do this. Lots of variables and lots of different situations, and a lot of them I’ve tested. If I had to choose between a radio and the rope the rope would win
Once when this came up before someone sent me this snapshot of the line they made up for their yak. The line is too thin and would cut skin if a yak was tumbling around on the other end
Right idea otherwise
The original line on my first yak was fatter than that and still caused some rope burn
bluekayak:
I dug up a snap someone took of me off the Marin coast, note the line attached to nose of the yak