Re: [Paddlewise] Stuck in cockpit

----- Original Message -----
From: "Blaauw, Niels" <nblaauw_at_foxboro.com>
To: "paddlewise (E-mail)" <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 8:31 AM
Subject: [Paddlewise] Stuck in cockpit

> If he had tried to get to the surface on the other side, I would have had
to
> paddle around, loosing precious seconds. I he was too panicked to grab my
> bow, I don't know what else I could have done.
>
> Does anybody have experience with rescues in that situation? Any
> standard-rescues available?

Here's what I do:

1) I pull along side the victim's boat and grab the cockpit rim, rotating
the boat until I can grasp the PFD.
2) Once in this position, I grab the victim's PFD at the nearest the
shoulder and pull the victim down on the back-deck so that her body weight
is in line with the kayak's center of rotation.
3) With my free hand, I grab the far cockpit rim;
4) From here, I use both arms to rotate the boat upright.

Craig






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