On Wed, 7 May 2003 10:38:26 -0700 , "Davis, Stephen G FOR:EX" <Stephen.Davis_at_gems4.gov.bc.ca> said: > By the time we had launched our kayaks the whaler had lost it's battle > against the wind and was grinding it's gel coat away on the rocks. The > people on board were at a loss of what to do next and were discussing > their options when we paddled up to see if we could help. We considered > calling for assistance on our VHFs but in the end we decided that we > would try to tow them the 200 metres back to the boat launch. A few years ago I ended up towing in some stranded boaters in Maine. As I neared shore someone ran down to the beach and told me to cut them lose before anyone touched shore. According to the person on the beach the US Coast Guard would tow them back to the harbor so long as they were still adrift. Once they touched the shore it would be a recovery and the Coast Guard would not tow them back. I don't know what the rules are for other countries, or if the if it's on shore it's a recovery is really true. Just something to think about while doing your next tow ;-) It is definitely fun rescuing a motorized craft with a kayak ;-) Kirk -- Kirk Olsen kork4_at_cluemail.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 Wed May 07 2003 - 13:13:59 PDT
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