ss said: >First is you want to handle some contingencies, users of the paddlefloat rescue should practice with and without boat assisted tiedown capabilities - lines, etc do break, you may not be in your boat, etc.< Yeap. And paddles break too (hee,hee, especially with tight rear elastics and a spastic, wayward paddler lacking coordination)! >More important, IMHO, is the viability of this rescue in other flatwater or very mild (less than 1 foot) seas. Why not advocate a paddlefloat re-entry and roll.< Yeap again. But its getting that darn water outta da boat and get'n that dang skirt back on after a re-entry and roll that's the hard part in anything over 1-foot. And the time consuming part. And the tiring, taxing part if pumping manually. >Just some food for thought.< Here's some more: Practice doesn't make perfect. Luck, perseverance, level-headedness, alternative strategies, _and_ practice, make perfect. :-) I know. Doug Lloyd Victoria BC *************************************************************************** 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 23 2003 - 23:51:18 PDT
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