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

I just don't get this emphasis on deck lines for doing the TX rescue.
Perhaps I am assuming that the boat being rescued has bulkheads --- or at
least a rear bulkhead.

AND

I think it is worth noting that the Inuit paddled without decklines, end
toggles, bulkheads, bow lines, or pfd's!!! I wonder how they ever managed
to survive??????????          Scott     So.Cal.



One consideration about deck lines is the idea that the paddler, the
owner, has some responsibility for making her or himself "rescuable", I
think.  And deck lines make a difference.  So, if I want to be as safe as
possible, I have an obligation to consider them as an aid to whomever
might have to rescue me.   Plus, they sure make it easier to haul the
boat out on expeditions where landing spots are not always friendly.

AND

The Inuit were probably, as traditional people always have been,
incredibly risk averse.  Conditions are bad - you don't go out.  And for
those times when they got caught in bad conditions, they had and have all
those techniques for rolling, rescue and recovery.  But getting out of
the boat has never been one of them.

For the Inuit man paddling a kayak was probably the same as driving a car
for most of us.  A routine thing that took a lot of practice at first and
for which a lot of experience was built up over time.  It would be
interesting to know if their accident and fatality rates were anything
like ours on a time-in-the-vehicle basis.

Jim Tibensky
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