RE: [Paddlewise] a thought on rescues

John

Since you professionally design kayaks, I believe the
cost of your lawyer and the fine for exposing yourself
can be written off on your taxes as a bona fide business
expense.

Larry Mills
Department of Redundancy Department


-----Original Message-----
From:	John Winters [SMTP:735769_at_ican.net]
Sent:	Friday, February 26, 1999 12:31 PM
To:	PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net
Subject:	Re: [Paddlewise] a thought on rescues

Richard wrote;

(SNIP about Richard's opinions on BESOTTED SINKERS)

I certainly appreciate Richard's opinions on this and particularly his
comments on what paddlers want and what manufacturers are willing to waste
their time on. All, no doubt, based upon market research, discussions with
manufacturers and extensive testing of SOT's and SINKS.

Those of us on the periphery of the industry can benefit from his insight.

His method of relieving himself particularly interested me so I went to a
pool session last night and tried it in a friend's Pintail. I can tell you
I have even greater respect for Texans now. First I took off my spray skirt
and arched my back. I didn't quite get into a position where I could use my
bottle filler but the pain in my back and the cramp in my thigh did go away
after a few minutes.

On the second attempt my friend made some waves and I capsized. A real
bummer as the spray skirt was off and I could not brace properly while I
tried to stretch my bottle filler over the side while keeping it concealed
from curious female paddlers wondering what kind of new roll I was trying
and the lifeguard wondering what I was up to. Have you ever tried rolling
from that position? I tried to zip the fly of my shorts but got my bottle
filler caught in the zipper (difficult keeping your mind on the task at
hand when you are hanging comfortably upside down in a swimming pool and
running out of breath). I gave up and did a wet exit, corrected the bottle
filler problem and then did a re-entry and roll.

After pumping the boat out I analysed what happened and set a plan for the
proper execution of the "over-the-side-bottle-fill".

This time I rotated slightly as I arched my back. I got jammed at the
forward cockpit edge but managed to get my bottle filler exposed in the
vicinity of the cockpit rim. Fortunately the water was warm. Unfortunately
my age and prostatis have reduced the pressure at the valve of my bottle
filler and I could not get the flow over the side. My friend rather
ungraciously insisted that I give his boat back after washing it and the
life
guard insisted that I leave at once before he called the police.

I can't understand the problem. They have filters and chlorine for that
kind of thing.



All this increases my respect for the modest Texans who, when they aren't
better endowed, are all contortionists and can brace, use their bottle
fillers without getting any in the cockpit and debate the number of SINKS
on the head of a pin at the same time.

Texans Uber Alles or at least over the side.

P.S. I sent a drawing of the NUK Expo 67 West Greenland kayak as converted
to an SOT but I think it may have got bounced for size.

Cheers,
John Winters
Redwing Designs
Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft
http://home.ican.net/~735769/








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