Re: [Paddlewise] First Rescue Clinic Posting

G'day  -

John C. Winskill wrote: (or somebody did)

> 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.

Wayne's comment:

This can depend on how you 'perceive' the maneuver (and perception is reality in
many survival and rescue cases)

I instruct people to imagine the boat that you are emptying as a big paddle, of
massive proportions, that you are holding onto.  Suddenly, and very simply you
have the most support you could ever imagine.  It is weird - suddenly the
reality is different by changing the perception of what it is you are holding
onto.

One also has to have decent deck line rigging on that boat to assist you as
well. If the boat doesn't, it does not deserve to be on open water and is better
suited for sheltered closed water paddles.

Regards -

Wayne Langmaid
Full time paddling guide with unashamedly the best job in Australia!!

> 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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