Paddlewisers, Thirteen of us had a blast practicing rescues at Alamitos Bay in Southern California on July 27, 2002. During the past several years, I hosted rescue practices for California Kayak Friends and other clubs about a half mile offshore, but this year I hosted it in a bay to try to draw more sea kayakers. More weren't drawn, but the safety of the bay allowed us to experiment more than we would off the coast. You name the rescue and we probably did it! A few people who hadn't practiced rescues in the past came, made big improvements, and realized just how fun and important practicing is. It is really amazing to see how much difficulty people have with the paddle float rescue at first but then quickly become proficient in about 30 minutes. Even a couple of SOT paddlers had difficulty getting back on their kayaks and decided to buy paddle floats to assist them with their rescues. A couple of people said that they didn't realize until they first practiced rescues today that they shouldn't have been paddling out in the open ocean. I hope this post provides a bit of encouragement for those who haven't or rarely practice rescues to go out and practice. Not only could it save your life someday, it is also a lot of fun! Photos of the rescue practice are at: <A HREF="http://geocities.com/strosaker/rescue.html">Rescue Practice</A> . Duane Strosaker *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Jul 27 2002 - 20:51:31 PDT
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