[Paddlewise] SV: T-Rescue not T-brace

* I've been talking braces and rescues with fellow teachers because of an
> upcoming class we are teaching, so my mind wrapped the two together.  I
> would
> like to hear your thoughts on the T-Rescue.  Thanks very much for your
> input.


Scott's reply was a wonderful description of the T rescue  like We use it
her in Europe.
* The thing to remember is that in most cases the "victim" is fully capable
to assist in his own rescue making it a lot easier to handle a laden boat by
f.ex. crawling on the rear end to lift the bow
* I have also used this rescue in hard conditions as the "Storm rescue"
where the rescued boat stays on top of the rescuer until the "victim is back
in his boat with spray skirt and all and the pushed back in the water. This
might cost you a spray skirt after some time, but you get the guy out in the
water with a empty cockpit.
* Pumping the boat is something we never do, but I feel that the important
thing for an instructor is to have a whole range of tools to fall back on.
There will always be the situation where your usual tool/technique does not
work. This is the moment of truth, you'll know the experienced instructor by
the way his dishes up with alternative possibilities
In the end there is no one right way, the art is to choose the right way for
the right situation and the right time.

Have fun out there
Lenze
www.havkajakcenter.dk
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