On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, ralph diaz wrote: [snip]> > Do not get close to the panicky fellows in the water. They will only > pull you over. agreed, in this scenerio > While making certain that you are not near them, tip over your kayak and > fall out. seperating from my boat does NOT sound like a good idea... since i come from a river running background, i always carry a throw rope [even in our fishing boat on a lake!!] this would probably be the only way i would consider trying to rescue two people at a time ... i may even paddle around them with the rope deployed, so as to encirle them... > Sorry for this being so long but I wanted to lay it all out fully. > > ralph diaz mine wasn't any shorter, and it makes folks think... i wrote about a similar [sort of] incident on a trip we took a few years ago. we were on an unfamiliar river, and had many swimmers on this trip. when my daughter's friend went over in a canoe, jessica paddled over to her friend to help. the friend reached across the coming of the kayak, and then the kayak had to be rescued [jess & friend swam to shore] all ended ok, thank god, but even her pfd'd swimmer type friend panicked when her boat over turned... you never quite know how people will react under pressure... and you never know what will cause people to FEEL pressure in the first place. mark -- #-canoeist[at]dotzen[dot]org------------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [__| [__\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.dotzen.org/paddler [index to club websites i administer] ---- A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. -- English Proverb *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 17 2000 - 15:31:07 PDT
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