Hello Fellow Paddle Wisers, During classes I teach students the importance of helping drowning or struggling swimmers on open water. I think the first issue is to not put yourself at risk. You must take command by telling the person to only grab the front of your kayak. If you do not do that they may grab your pfd and pull you over into the water and climb onto the bottom of your capsized kayak. Be sure to be prepared to paddle backwards if they do not listen to you. -- Don Dimond Owner of Superior Visions Sea Kayaking School Board Member of Twin Cities Sea Kayaking Association *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Oct 14 1999 - 07:12:28 PDT
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