RE: [Paddlewise] Bow Lift Rescue

John wrote:
"You're making the assumption that someone that has capsized knows how to
do a re-enter and roll.  I would be willing to bet that a pretty high
percentage of sea kayakers have never even tried a re-enter and roll.
>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.
They might to you, but you've got the skills to do a re-enter and roll.  The
vast majority of beginners do not."
You're right, I was assuming other skills were available.
A beginner, by definition, doesn't know how to do any rescue at all. What is
the first rescue to try and learn, for a beginner? I suggest that trying to
empty the boat from the water, before acquiring solid re-entry skills, is
futile. Have a read of "Deep Trouble". There is at least one example of a
paddler without solid rescue skills trying to invent a rescue on the spot,
trying, and failing, to bail the boat from the water. I think a beginner
should have a rescue-worthy boat, and learn to re-enter a.s.a.p.
Experience is a tough teacher. You get the test first, and the lesson later.
Good Paddling,
PT
37°42'S 145°08'E


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