> [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net] On Behalf Of Larry L. Storer > > 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. Larry, I find the T rescue to be a very viable rescue. If you have a heavily loaded boat, instead of just trying to lift the boat over your combing, I find the following technique (taught to me by Wayne Horodowich) to be the best. Prior to righting the boat, grab it's bow while it is at 90 degrees to you. Lean way over so that your boat gets under the other boat's bow. Then start righting your boat. You are now using the buoyancy of your boat to help lift the capsized boat's bow. As soon as you get the boat drained, flip it right side up, push, pull, and walk your boat around it so that the boats are now bow to stern and perform a typical assisted rescue. Hope this helps. The technique has worked for me when the capsized boat was too heavy for me to lift. Steve Holtzman Southern CA *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Feb 24 2004 - 06:15:36 PST
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