Good point. But with the chop and wind I didn't feel comfortable trying to empty the boat without the swimmer there. I also haven't figured out the best place to temporarily stow a paddle on the Khatsalano. If I had done a "British style" empty (hauling the boat up on the deck), it seems like it would create more area for the wind to catch and blow me further away. -Patrick At Monday, 11 March 2002, SNStone_at_aol.com wrote: >with respect to getting the boat to the victim: You could have emptied the boat where you caught it and then towed to the victim. You need to empty the water anyway. > >Hello all, > >I had a nice day of paddling out on the IJselmeer yesterday. This >is a large inland sea that was cut off from the North sea in the >30's. Anyway, it was nice and sunny but we had force 5 winds. Didn't >make the paddling too difficult (just slow) but did give us a chance >to practice rough water rescues. There were three of us, and as we >entered a particularly shallow and choppy area we had a capsize. [SNIP] *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 11 2002 - 09:03:59 PST
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