RE: [Paddlewise] paddle float self rescue

I too agree with Bill and Sid. The guys that I usually paddle with can all
do an Assisted T Rescue much faster than a paddle float rescue.

Although all of us can do a paddle float rescue in choppy water, we almost
always use the assisted T because of it's speed. The paddle float is for
when we are alone and can't do a re-enter and roll.

As far as the dry boat is concerned, if you are fairly strong, it's easy to
do a paddle float rescue and have a dry boat. All you have to do is grab the
bow and shove it up as high as you can while at the same time giving a very
strong scissor kick. Once you get your arm extended completely, let the boat
pivot on the way down so that it lands right side up.

Then if you need to pump anything that's left (rare), just stick your pump
between the skirt and the hull on the side of the skirt. If you keep the
paddle float on, it's much easier.

Steve Holtzman

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net
> [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net]On Behalf Of Bill Hansen
> Sent: November 20, 2001 1:56 PM
> To: PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net
> Subject: [Paddlewise] paddle float self rescue
>
>
> Sid Stone is right - the paddle float self-rescue takes more time than a
> well-executed "T rescue" or whatever it's called in your locale. I very
> much prefer the re-entry and roll. However - there are still people who
> paddle alone, and there are people whose paddling partners aren't up to a
> competent assisted rescue. Maybe that shouldn't be true, but it is true.
> Some of those solo paddlers can't roll, or can't roll well enough
> to do the
> re-entry and roll. They often *can* get back into their boat and
> button up
> the spray skirt and thus stay warmer than they'd be in the water.
>
> It would be great if such folks had spray skirts with zippered
> closures or
> other arrangements (like a sealed gasket just in front of the body tube)
> which could be opened easily and admit a hand pump. But then
> maybe they all
> should have foot pumps, or electric pumps.......Yeegads - the options are
> endless.
>
> Point is - Sid is right, but the "outrigger" rescue does have a place.
>
> Bill Hansen
>
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