Re: [Paddlewise] Bow Lift Rescue

John, Ray Killen taught me an excellent fast way of emptying a boat in a
TX rescue, the fastest by far that I have seen.  I also feel that it is
far more stable than the typically vertical method.  
The steps were,
paddle for the bow of the rescuees boat
stash your paddle under the lines of the your foredeck a couple of
strokes away
grab the bow of the inverted boat with both hands, close one under far
hand on keel, and roll your boat toward the outside about 90 degrees
using your hull as a lever to essentially pry the bow out of the water
emptying the cockpit.  The kayak is acting like a huge floatation device
keeping you from rolling over to 180 degrees.
on the way back up to vertical invert the rescuees kayak upright still
using your hull as a pivot.
With a couple of practices, your initial momentum makes it easy to spin
the kayak parallel for re-entry.

this requires a bit of technique for the rescuee to maintain a hold of
her kayak, but I did it with a friend at an IDE last year timed to 30
seconds- 15 ft away to a secure sprayskirt in a dry boat.  This was in a
chop, 20 knot winds and big tidal current.
> 
> I learned a easy method for emptying water from a kayak from Nigel Dennis
> last summer.  While I've never capsized while doing a T-X rescue I've felt
> a bit vulnerable when trying to life the boat onto my deck.  This technique
> keeps things more stable for the rescuer. 
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