Re: [Paddlewise] PaddleWise V1 #583

From: Robert C. Cline <robtcline_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 21:31:18 -0500
There is the technique of grabbing the bow of the upside down loaded boat
oriented perpendicular to the rescuer's boat, then rolling to the opposite
side... the boat purportedly will be lifted by the rescuer's hull. Then ....

 Anyone tried this, with success, that is?
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>From: News <news_at_fachwen.org>
>To: <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
>Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] PaddleWise V1 #583
>Date: Fri, Jun 25, 1999, 01:55
>

>>Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 09:52:24 -0500
>>From: CHUCK_at_multitech.com (Chuck Holst)
>>Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] securing gear in kayak
>>
>>
>>Could someone who has successfully done a T-rescue with a fully loaded   sea
>>kayak please advise me just how it is accomplished. I have been unable to
>>lift the bow out of the water at all from a kayak. Does the victim push   the
>>stern down? Do two people lift the bow between them?
>>Matt Broze
>
>Don't do it! It would be madness to try... and probably cause damage to 
>both kayaks... just get the capsised boat the right way up and pump it 
>out.
>
>Keith
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