douglas in sf wrote: <Snip>>>>>> If a capsize were to occur in rough seas, I would always be with my partner. The two of us, in separate k-1's, can effect a rescue much more expeditiously than either of us could alone with a paddle float.<<<snip> (I was hoping someone else would point this out and save me the trouble, but two digests later no one yet has.) "Always" is a dangerous assumption. Yes, you may well be a lot faster as a team, however, either events or conditions may separate you from your partner and make it impossible to get together with them in a reasonable amount of time. When that happens you will wish you hadn't rejected the idea of learning to effectively use and always carrying a paddlefloat with you so quickly. If both paddlers capsize and bail the major question is not how to do an all-in-rescue but how do you swim through those rough seas in that wind to get yourselves and your swamped kayaks together to even start an all-in-rescue. Better each person begins a paddlefloat rescue and the first one done then paddles over to help the other(s). Matt Broze www.marinerkayaks.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/ ***************************************************************************
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