Re: [Paddlewise] Lost person scenario

The two reports I found are at:
http://bst-tsb.gc.ca/eng/reports/marine/earlier/em93w0008.html
http://bst-tsb.gc.ca/eng/reports/marine/1996/em96l0059.html



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From: Product Information Department <pid_at_mec.ca>
To: Lorraine&Dennis <raisden_at_nh.ultranet.com>
Cc: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Lost person scenario


>My web browser is acting awfully clunky (it's a Micro$oft), so I can't give
>you the precise URL, but if you go to the homepage of the Transportation
>Safety Board of Canada (http://bst-tsb.gc.ca) and search under "kayaks" or
>for report number M93w008, you'll find an all-too-real variation of this
>scenario, with guides caught in just this sort of dilemma.
>
>Sobering reading,
>
>Philip T.
>
>
>At 08:18 AM 12/9/98 -0500, Dennis wrote:
>>About half the people taking the Maine Guide test fail each year.  The
>>majority fail trying to solve the "lost person scenario".  This is part of
>>the oral review and the scenario changes.  Typically you are the guide(or
>>leader on a club outing)with a group of beginning kayakers.  One kayaker
is
>>"lost".  What do you do?
>>Example:  You are leading your group through a group of islands.  The wind
>>has freshened and due to varying abilities to cope with the conditions the
>>group has gotten more spread out than you would like.  While you are
trying
>>to get your group closer together you make a quick count and notice that
>>your are one member short.  You cannot see the person anywhere and there
is
>>no response to a shouted call or a whistle.  What do you do?
>>This is just one scenario.  Others could include fog, rainstorm(squall),
>>getting dark, etc.
>>Comments?
>>
>>Dennis
>>
>
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