Doug Lloyd wrote: One of my favorite paddlefloat self rescues involves simply somersaulting back in upside-down, the holding the shaft of the paddle with paddlefloat attached at a 45 degree angle. No sweep, no roll, no movement. Just hold it steady at 45. This is as close to a self-righting movement that you can get. The boat just follows through to the upright position, with you left braced on the float. John asks: Is this 45 degrees to the water surface and 90 degrees to the longitudinal axis of the boat? Sounds like something I want to try as soon as it warms up here. --------- John: The paddle with float is kept at 45 degrees as much as possible to the surface of the water, while being submerged deep below it. You, of course, change angle with your boat in relationship to the shaft as you slowly rotate up, letting the paddlefloat's buoyancy provide the leverage to self-right you. You do need to be strong enough to hold the paddleshaft firmly. Some folks find it difficult. I find it easy, but find other methods that other paddlers find easy to be difficult, so things can really vary in this game. I just like to play around experimenting. It is a real confidence builder. You find a few rescues you really like, then try them in controlled, cold, rough water. You can spend a lot on rescue gear (like me), but it is a good policy to rely on as few as possible, but be able to use them in different manners. Well, sorry if I didn't make the original post clear enough. My brain and body hurt a bit from being back at work perhaps a bit too early after my recent surgery. I'll double-read my posts in future for clarity. Doug Lloyd (who's employer owns his mind -- while my wife owns my body, my government owns my money (it seems), my God owns my spirit, but the sea owns my soul. I, of course, just owe -- so its off to work I go. *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 06 2002 - 18:44:03 PST
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