>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 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:45:34 -0600 > From: "Rich Dempsey" <rdempsey_at_wyoming.com> > Subject: [Paddlewise] A "trip report" in the making > > Generally I avoid hi-tech/semi-sponsored expedition > reports. This was cross > posted on rpb and uk.boats ng's. Billed as: Trans > Global Sea Kayak > Expedition. A sea kayak journey from Great Britain > to Australia. > > http://www.tgseakay.dircon.co.uk/contents.htm I > finished reading the > first leg of their trip, laughing. They have far > more patience and ability > to deal with bureaucracy, adversity, and crummy > luck, than I will ever > muster. (They also have a better sense of humor !!!) > > I am not sure if it's OK to post an url for > something like this on > Paddlewise....BUT , if you find this report as well > written and as > fascinating as I did, perhaps it will be forgiven. > > The homepage and background info is at: > http://www.tgseakay.dircon.co.uk/main1.htm . And as > a disclaimer, I have > nothing to do with this venture. I was unaware that > Europe even had > non-bottled water. === Michael Casey Walker Walker Law Firm San Francisco, California mailto:Walker_at_WalkerLawFirm.com http://www.WalkerLawFirm.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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? ---------- >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 >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ >*************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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