Seamanship Part 3 - Spare Paddle

[dropcap cap=P]addling alone or paddling away from your home base where rescue and safety are close at hand can be impossible without a paddle, the proverbial "up the shitcreek without a paddle". [/dropcap]

Paddles can break or be dropped.

To secure a spare paddle to your Iako, use a narrow light strip of rubber from a bicycle tire or surgical tubing. This method can result in a quick spare paddle release. If you are not in a race you can even go back and retrieve your original paddle.

The following pictures tell the story much quicker than words could ever...