Re: [Paddlewise] paddlefloat/outrigger rescue

Scott Williams, a BCU instructor and expert paddler demonstrated to me using
the paddle without a paddlefloat held by hand in the outrigger position
climbing back into the cockpit.  It can be done.  I would venture to say he
could do this in the surf.  I can't do it even in flat water... and I can't
stand up in my cockpit either.  But, it can be done.

Robert



> From: Jan Shriner & Roger Schumann <postmaster_at_eskapekayak.com>
> Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 09:44:12 -0700
> To: ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au, paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] paddlefloat/outrigger rescue
> 
> But I wouldn't be so sure about your assessment
> that a paddlefloat won't work in rough seas just because you haven't had the
> opportunity to see one used successfully yet. 

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