> It did raise the question though-when is it time to call for help? I was > fairly confident that they were OK since the waves werent "capsize size", > and I knew at least one of them could roll and do assisted rescues in those > conditions. Although the winds were strong, I didnt think they would be This is a good question, and has been bugging me for a while. Is the coast guard there to save lives, or to save us from spending an inconvenient night on the water or on some unplanned beach? Frankly, I don't want to be "rescued" from situations that aren't life threatening. If it takes me an extra day to extricate myself from a problem, then thats the way it is, so I'll be late and a bit hungry. Certainly not something I want the coast guard spending thousands of dollars to allow me to avoid. On the other hand, if I'm capsized or seperated from my yak 20 miles offshore, I want to be rescued, and I'll have my strobe going blinky-blinky, to indicate such to the boats and rigs within eyeshot. [Though I don't intend to allow THAT to ever happen in the first place...] Richard Walker Houston, TX *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Sep 25 1998 - 11:25:38 PDT
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