David Seng wrote: > I assume that most people are aware of the technique but you can > also get a piece of rope about 15' long and tie the ends to form > a loop. Lay the paddle across the deck and through the loop. > Pull the rope under the boat and then wrap it around the shaft > several times to form a stirrup. Stepping into the stirrup > while the other leg goes over the paddle and paddlfloat will make > it much easier to climb onto the deck without using a lot of > upper body strength. A variation on this theme if you are rescueing another boat: Bring your boat parallel to the righted victim's boat. Being careful not to get your hands pinched, lower a paddle (preferably the rescuee's) between the boats, then turn it ninety degrees so it's running under the hulls of both boats. Loop your stirrup rope around the portion of shaft between the hulls, and drape the far end over the outside back of the victim's kayak for use. Advantages over stirrup around cockpit rim method: does not require rescuer strength to steady victim's boat, relys instead on the combined weights of the two boats, very stable. Disadvantages: theroretical possilbility of breaking paddleshaft with a very heavy victim (but you're both carrying spares, right?) Cheers, Philip N49°16' W123°08' *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jun 30 1999 - 09:12:12 PDT
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