PeterO wrote: > Regarding methods for preventing separation from your boat during a capsize > in heavy seas/wind - Capsizing does not cause separation from your boat; getting out of the boat does. Getting out of your boat should be your very last option, not your first (as we unfortunately teach to beginners). > Is it principally wind that causes such separation or can wave action and > currents do this also? [snip] > All the best, PeterO Breaking waves can certainly separate you from your boat. A current would only separate you from your boat if you and your boat are on different sides of a tide rip. You should avoid getting out of your boat, and learn the techniques to avoid it. But if you absolutely must, make sure that you do not get out completely, but keep one leg inside the cockpit. Tethers can be very dangerous in the conditions that would make you capsize. But that is the topic of another thread. - Julio *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 03 1999 - 16:34:59 PDT
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