Re: [Paddlewise] paddlefloat/outrigger rescue

    Robert Cline wrote:


    


    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,


    I'm guessing your point relating to the paddle float seems to be that it
can only be done in rough water by highly skilled (probably BCU- or
ACA-certified) instructors. But my point is that we have taught it to hundreds
of beginner and intermediate students who are able to make it work all the
time, even in rough water. None of them, as far as I know, can stand up in
their boats yet, but I haven't spent much time teaching them. However, I'd bet
you my kayak that I could teach you a rough-water paddlefloat rescue in an
afternoon. 


    Roger Schumann ESKAPE Sea Kayaking


    (831) 427-2297.  Web Page: http://www.eskapekayak.com


    authors of Guide to Sea Kayaking Central and Northern California


    


    


    


    > 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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