Re: [Paddlewise] How would you deal with the following situation

From: "ralph diaz" 
> Before we get too far afield on this, I would like to get back to some
> things I read in all the thoughtful contributions to this string of
> postings.
> 
> I forget who said this but someone went back to First Aid 101 and its
> first principle, assess the overall situation before deciding on a
> course of action

ralph in the orginal post: 
>Two fellows in a small motorized dinghy were going out to a moored vessel
(either they owned it or were thinking of buying it).  Their dinghy
flipped for some reason (the water is relatively shallow there and boat
wakes stack up viciously)
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ok. around here - chop near sea walls often means really shallow water.
so it would make sense to yell 'STAND UP'

how deep was the 'relatively shallow' water that these folks were in?


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