> If you had his attention at a demo for 3 minutes, what would you show > the guy that could potentially save his life? > I might suggest a sling of rope or webbing that could go around the outside of the coaming and be long enough to go down in the water enough to form a step for him. Then I would try to get across the notion of leaning forward and getting the boat under him rather than trying to step up into it. Most boats of that ilk are wide and flat and could still support him long enough to get bailed out.... That might be something he might have around, rather than a paddlefloat. Joe P. *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Apr 17 2003 - 17:00:40 PDT
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