On Friday, April 18, 2003, at 12:10 AM, Dave Kruger wrote: > I don't think the best approach is to pre-educate him on re-entry > techniques. Before any of those techniques will seem important, he > has to > have a reason to know them: he needs to be motivated. Then he might > take > on the responsibility to learn some. > > If I only had three minutes, I'd swim him (in his PFD) into the water > fifty > feet off a safe beach, with the kayak in swamped, Cleopatra's Needle > position, and tell him, "This is what will happen if you capsize. Now > what?" The reason I chose 3 minutes is after thinking about one of the things Al Johnson from the Coast Guard said. He suggested clubs host public demonstrations and activities which would be telegenic enough to attract the news media. If we could get a short segment on the local evening news it would reach a huge audience. With that in mind I am trying to think of what would be the best thing to try to get on that news spot. Obviously this precludes getting everyone watching the TV out on the water dealing with a flooded boat, but maybe a little footage of a fat fisherman dealing with a boat stern-to-the-sky would be enough to make people more interested in learning a little about safety. Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA Ph/Fx: (860) 659-8847 http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Apr 18 2003 - 05:35:39 PDT
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