...of this assisted rescue? It is essentially a 'Scoop' rescue, but is different in that the victim swims their feet into the cockpit with their chest facing their rear deck (vice entering the cockpit with their back to the rear deck). This still scoops up a ton of water into the cockpit, but is very easy to teach someone on the fly in the water (put your feet in the cockpit and 'bear hug' the rear deck). Since the boat is near 90 degrees on edge, the rescuer need only get the boat just past 90 degrees with their hands on the coaming and then can apply their weight to the inboard edge/coaming to aid in rotating the kayak up right. Once up the victim simply turns around as in a normal assisted rescue. Especially useful for victims with little upper body strength. Anyone ever try this? And what is it called? Woody *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jun 18 2001 - 18:25:05 PDT
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