Re: [Paddlewise] Instability with a flooded cockpit (and more added)

Matt Broze said:
<huge snip>
>>Nimbus Kayaks http://nimbuskayaks.com/  has a ready
made setup using webbing straps and fastex buckles with a nifty way to
quickly release them when you are ready to start paddling again. Their
website doesn't show a close-up but you can see it best on the Telkwa Sport
picture. Just four little holes in the deck are all you have to drill to set
it up. I know they sell it separately from their kayaks because I liked it
so much I have bought some from them to sell in our store.>>

I order mine from Western Canoeing in Abbotsford, BC. The two straps are
about $20.00 US. I get my friends and Paddlefloat course students to order
them to retrofit on their unequipped kayaks. They are much better than the
Seaward units, IMO.

While the ACU an others teach the PF Rescue without deck rigging and others
recommend it is best done with only deck rigging, I tend to think it is
best to know and have the ability to do both, and the Reentry and Roll, if
not other methods for reentry too.

The Nimbus straps are good however, and are easily released during the
difficult disconnect phase, that so many deride as the reason not to trust
the deck-rig method.

I covered most of this in my SK article on the fixed paddlefloat rescue. If
anyone would like a copy for those who don't get SK Magazine, I'd be glad
to send it to you if you e-mail me your postal address. I do this as a
public service, not to promote my writing. I do _not_ claim to have all the
answers, but I have put in a fair amount of research and rough water testing.

Be safe, paddle smart, and as they say, do whatever it takes to keep the
boat afloat!

BC'in Ya
Doug Lloyd 
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