Bill wrote: 2) after assuring that the victim is not in a state of panic and is physically okay, have have him/her swim to the bow of your boat, where he/she will remain resting ´till the end of the process. There he/she´ll hold both paddles in case you don´t have your´s tethered I really think this is Step Number 1 - Survey the situation - check the "victim"; check the suuroundings (is the current pushing you into rocks?). I also would not have the swimmer holding my paddle - it does not leave my hands/body - tethered or untethered. sid *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Mar 24 2000 - 08:25:58 PST
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