[Paddlewise] self rescue techniques

This kind of jumps onto the self rescue thread that just popped up...

I was watching a video of rescue techniques the other day and saw mostly the 
usual stuff, paddlefloats, t rescues etc. and then the hosts did a 
modification on their paddle float rescue where they attached nylon webbing 
to the paddle shaft and made a stirrup-the person then stepped into the 
stirrup and was given a "boost" back into the kayak. I'm looking at this 
tape and thinking to myself "you've got to be kidding me". I've been 
religeously practicing my self rescues and am always looking for good 
alternate ways, but even the hosts took quite a while to arrange the 
stirrups just right-I get annoyed enough at the time it takes to inflate the 
paddlefloat, I can't imagine that taking the time to attach stirrup would be 
at all helpful. Has anyone ever actually done this?

Allison, Who just discovered a 15 foot square patch of open water on the 
lake and is rooting for the melt to continue...

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