[Paddlewise] Cowboy rescue

G'Day,

I've been paddling a couple of years and consider myself a novice but
believe the cowboy rescue is intuitive and can be more effective than the
paddlefloat rescue - given the right cockpit. It can also work in moderately
rough water. I learnt and practised this this the first day I went out in a
kayak just by looking at the boat no instruction. In a wide cockpit boat
such as the Klepper with a fully detachable spray skirt - it was a snap even
in quite rough water. In a Klepper with the partially detachable spray skirt
- it was very difficult indeed in rough water. The paddlefloat rescue in
skilled hands in those conditions would have worked with both kinds of spray
skirt but would have been a bit slower. 

All the best, PeterO
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