"Cowboy Rescue" is a self rescue without a paddlefloat or roll. After a wet exit, "belly hop" onto the stern, or pull yourself up on the stern of your boat with a frog-kick as you would in a standard rescue; turn your head and body towards the bow and grab the rear coaming of your cockpit, then the more forward part of the cockpit coaming and pull youself into a position with legs straddled on either side of your boat, with butt into the cockpit ASAP. Then, while straddled, work one leg, then the other into your cockpit. Oila' You've done the Cowboy [self] Rescue. Robert Subject: [Paddlewise] Cowboy Rescues What exactly is this "cowboy rescue" I've heard about numerous times? I envision some sort of stirup attached to the coming, with which you hoist yourself up into the cockpit, much like a "cowboy" getting up onto a horse. Yep, I'm a rookie :-) Rick *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Sep 06 2000 - 20:04:15 PDT
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