Dan wrote: << 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.>> <This is the method we teach. I haven't tried it in storm conditions but it works in the ocean under normal (not flat) conditions, for us anyway. Jed> Well, blow me down. If you have your paddlefloat inflated, why bother going to the bow and emptying the boat from the water? Why not re-enter and roll, using the paddlefloat if need be. Then pump out with your foot and/or electric pump, when you're out of the water in your boat. I suppose if you don't have a hands-free pump, you have to think of emptying the bulk of the flooded boat some other way. Hand pumps, emptying the boat from the water, and boat over boat stuff just seem low priority choices to me. However, since you say it works in normal conditions, I'll give it a go. Always good to have another option practised and familiar. PT 37º 42' S 145º 08' E *************************************************************************** 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 - 15:29:43 PST
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