Wednesday 19 August 2009

Homemade paddle leash

Funny really, you find a bit of luck in unlikely places. I had to take a load of rubbish to the local dump the other day, and having sorted it all out, took it to its designated skips. There, lying in the electrical skip was an old keyboard with a length of that coiled electrical cable attached to it. I ripped the coil off and took it home with me.

In the garage i trimmed the excess wire off, doubled it over a caribiner at both ends and secured each with two cable ties. The larger caribener is attached to the rod or reel and the smaller at a suitable secure point on the Yak.
Tried it out the other day and it works a treat.