At a leader's training session this past Saturday we demonstrated throwing a tow-line to a victim stranded on the rocks with some 20 feet of surge-zone. The sharp end of the tow-line, a waist belt system, was attached to a norsaq (Inuit throwing stick) and the norsaq was thrown over the bow of the stranded kayak. Worked like a charm but it was a bit reminiscent of a story I head about the Derek boinking a victim on the head during a similar thrown-tow-line demonstration. Jed -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Dyer ----- Original Message ----- From: "PeterO" <rebyl_kayak_at_iprimus.com.au > (Please don't anyone raise the issue of underarm vs overarm throws > Its a very sensitive subject to cricketers in this hemisphere:~) 'Morning Peter and Paddlwise. My rope throwing experience tells me that neither under nor over arm throwing work in kayak situations. The throw being a flat trajectory, the best distance/accuracy method is a back-handed skim, something like throwing a Frisbee. With a little practice, this can be done ambidextrously. *************************************************************************** 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 Apr 29 2002 - 06:22:14 PDT
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