"... what happened to the kayak? Let me guess, boat over boat rescue as advocated in some bibles? Matt Broze" Matt, and Nick, and other builders, makers and designers: Now that the cause of this boat fracture is revealed to be a triple cartwheel (with or without pike), doesn't a sea kayak have to be capable of handling this punishment? I don't think you'd see a boat over boat rescue here in these circumstances. But the capsize T rescue seems useful, particularly if you come across a boat without a pump. Maybe the boat you have to rescue had a hand pump tucked under the front bungies, and it was washed away in the cartwheeling. Why not have a deck strong enough to carry out a boat over boat rescue without the boat breaking up? Why not keep all options open? Has anyone ever had experience of a boat breaking across the centre of the hull because of a boat over boat rescue, as Matt suggests is possible? Or other breakage due to these rescues? I like the idea of a boat with a reserve margin of strength, a little overdesigned. Now, if that's possible without needing Olympic standard weightlifting talent... Regards, Peter Treby 37°42'S 145°08'E *************************************************************************** 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 Oct 12 2000 - 04:00:03 PDT
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