At 05:42 PM 2/23/2004 +0100, Lenze wrote: >* 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 The most recent issue of Sea Kayaker magazine (my copy arrived last weekend) has a very good article on the T-rescue. It suggest a different school of though regarding having the victim assist in the rescue. Rather than have the victim assist in lifting the boat it is suggest that the victim go to the bow or your boat (keeping their paddle). That way you can always see the victim and, while having them push down on the stern help lift the bow, you're also dragging them through the water as you pull the bow of their boat in front of you. There is also the possibility that the victims boat will have a rudder and having them grab onto their stern in rough conditions might be and additional injury risk. I have also done many T-rescues in controlled and "real world" conditions. In a few instances it involved paddlers that were in a kayak for the first time and had no idea they could even reenter their boat in deep water. Giving short and direct instructions is very important in this case as is practicing the technique so that it *can* be done quickly without assistance. *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Feb 23 2004 - 09:19:28 PST
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