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From: <Tomckayak_at_aol.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] footpumps
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 08:06:52 EST
In a message dated 2/1/99 0:17:21 AM EST, JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com writes:

<< connect the extra length, and empty the water out of your exhausted buddy's
 boat while you talk to him/her about where you go from there. >>

Have you done this in the real world or did some passionate
intsructor/salesman in part this information?

Real world Example:
 I have taken part in many assisted reentry rescues during coastal trips.
Kayaks side by side and the swimmer climes on back deck then into cockpit. The
two paddlers pump out the swamped kayak with hand pumps. It works.

Theory/practice example:
Perfomed practice paddlefloat reentry many times over the last ten years but
never had to do it for real.
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