Barbara said... |After a rescue sometimes the best way to get water out of a kayak in deep |water is to heft it up on another kayak, flip it upside down, and drain the |water that way. I learned the following on Paddlewise. If you want to empty your yak you can lift the bow out of the water. The water will drain from the cockpit pretty easy. The trick is that my PFD does not provide enough flotation to keep me from being pushed down into the water by the weight of the filled kayak. BUT if you use your paddlefloat, it and the PFD will allow the boat to be lifted and drained. I just tuck the paddlefloat under an arm. Works real well for me. I guess the two cavets are one has to have the strength to lift the kayak in the first place and the paddle float has to have some decent floatation. I have a foam filled paddle float so I don't have to blow the thing up when I need it. I would assume the air bladder floats would work as well..... Hope this helps... Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Mar 21 2001 - 12:12:15 PST
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