Peter Rattenbury wrote: - >Fellow Klepper owner Peter Osman and I have >practiced our rescue techniques, including towing, >at sea, in admittedly only mildly rough conditions. >But oh, what a difference a wave makes! Clambering >back into a pitching and rolling kayak, even a >Klepper, is a whole different ball game. I learned >[before I really needed it] that after about five >or six cowboy recoveries [the only practicable technique >for large cockpit boats like Kleppers] I was beat. >And seasick. G'Day Peter (Rattenbury) and Paddlewise, Do you remember how much easier it was to do the cowboy rescues with the velcro wraparound spray deck compared to the tuckunder version. Bigger opening to enter into the cockpit! Also that as the Kleppers took on water they seemed to get more stable because of the internal flotation tubes. Makes me wonder how Lindemann and Romer managed because they wouldn't have had the velcro version spray deck? Do you remember how seasick the fellow in the runabout got!! When it comes to doing a cowboy rescue in my beautiful fiberglass Pittarak in roughish conditions - forget it, I'm just glad it has a small cockpit volume so the water doesn't destabilise it too much. All the best Paddlewise, See you Saturday Peter, PeterO (The Klepper is beautiful too:~) *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 31 2002 - 04:37:24 PDT
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