Re: [Paddlewise] First Rescue Clinic Posting

Dave;

This manuever (emtying the boat) begins with the victims boat turned
upright instead of upside down as is often taught.  The advantage of
having the victims boat upright is that it is often very easy to simply
slide the bow up onto your "lap" (British style boats can often be on
your lap before the boats are even beginning to lift up out of the
water).  Because it is not necessary to lift the boat up hardly at all
it is very stable for the rescuer.  Next the rescuer simply reaches
around to the other side of the boat, grabbing the keel or a deck line
and rolls the victims boat back thereby emptying the boat.  When the
boat is emptied, roll it back the way it came and slide it back off your
lap.  
The big disadvantage of the boat emptying manuever that requires the
victim to weigh down the stern of an upside down boat while the rescuer
lifts the bow up to empty the boat is that it is necessary for the
rescuer to lift the boat much higher and it is therefore much less
stable while being much more difficult.
I hope this answers your question Dave.  Let me know if I missed what
you were asking.

John Winskill

Dave Kruger wrote:
> 
> Thanks for posting the details of your clinic.  Seems very thorough.
> I'm saving it for later use.
> 
> Please keep it up, John.  Really helps to have the ideas of others.
> 
> Did have one question about this part:
> 
> > A member from each group does an assisted rescue and then I do another
> > demo.  The demo, this time, is of the rescuer instructing the victim to
> > not help with the rescue but to hold onto my bow toggle while I demo how
> > to empty a boat using a "T" rescue where the victims boat is, while
> > still upright, pulled up over my deck in front of me before it is simply
> > rolled over slowly as it empties.
> 
> I'm a little confused about the point of this.  I understand why you
> demo how to empty the victim's boat, but it sounds like the boat ends up
> upside down at the end.  Do you mean this the way you wrote it?  Or, do
> you mean to say you pull the victim's boat over your deck while it is
> inverted, and empty it of water while rolling the victim's boat back
> UPRIGHT?
> 
> Thanks.
> --
> Dave Kruger
> Astoria, OR
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