Re: [Paddlewise] successful (stirrup) re-entry

From: Elaine Harmon <eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu>
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 18:59:08 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Alex Ferguson wrote:

> The rescuer should be leaning with all their upper body weight on the
> fore-deck of the other kayak, arms locked under the decklines (there are
> decklines?). The boats are now stable and locked together. It is possible
> to unlock the rescuees-side arm, reach a hand out and grasp the back of the
> other person's PFD and assist them in over the side of their kayak. 

Actually, I don't know if I'd rescue anyone who carried a side-arm in his
kayak.... ;-)..... eh


Elaine Harmon - eilidh_at_dc.seflin.org - eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu

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