What a relief to know you were trying. I don't know that I have ever seen anyone try a side rescue. After our experience, I think we should try demonstrating and practicing it on a Wednesday night or two. Dana > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net <snip> > Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 16:18:07 -0500 > From: CHUCK_at_multitech.com (Chuck Holst) > Subject: [Paddlewise] FW: side rescue > > As I recall, I was roughly parallel to you on your beam more > than a kayak length away, so I thought turning and coming > in for a bow rescue would be faster than using a draw > stroke to cover the distance. It turned out my turn was > neither as quick nor had as small a radius as I wished! In > Linda's case, my bow was already pointed approximately in her > direction. > > Chuck *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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