Ralph brings up a very valid point. My original email (which became too lengthy) listed my personal evalution of my own actions; things I did right and things I did wrong. The issue you raise below was first on my "Wrong" list. I had a beach towel in the car which I should have handed to him, told him to strip out of the wet clothes and get in my car while I went off to deal with everything else. I would not have been able to recover his boat personally, but now, having been through this, now I know that that would be o.k. I could have used my VHF to notify the USCG of the floating "hazard". They would have recovered if they found it. Debs > ---------- > From: ralph diaz[SMTP:rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com] > <<snipped>> > But when confronted with someone who is potentially hypothermic or in > other danger after a capsize it is best to say "screw it" to retrieving > the kayak or any gear and deal with the person's problem first quickly. > The tendency is always toward saving the property. Now this was not an > on-the-water situation and the guy wasn't in danger of drowning or > getting colder necessarily as he would have had you run across him on > the water while he was floating around. So it may not have been as > clear or urgent. But he was wet and cold and needed warming up. > > *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Mar 06 2000 - 06:57:42 PST
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