Ken wrote: <<< A very well worked out paddle float rescue is faster than any assisted rescue except the Eskimo rescue, and it doesn't require outside intervention.>>>> OK. Challenge Time! Let's have a contest. Someone does a well executed paddlefoat rescue. I will do an assisted T rescue. I can do the "t" rescue in 45 to 60 seconds with the "victim" in a dry boat. Can someone doing a paddlefoat rescue get the float inflated and on the paddle and then into the boat in that time? And how about the dry boat. Now, I am not professing people do not practice and understand the paddlefloat rescue. It is another tool in the rescue toolbox. My concern is that people must understand its limitations - particularly in choppy conditions. Let me know when you want to do the "rescue race". best wishes and a happy Thanksgiving to all paddlers and their families sid *************************************************************************** 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 Nov 21 2001 - 06:47:51 PST
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