Re: [Paddlewise] Paddlefloat Placement, was Sea Seat

In a message dated 9/28/2006 1:24:49 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
JFarrelly5_at_comcast.net writes:

the  under the deck rigging paddle float rescue still taught? An honest 
question  and not some kind of condemnation of the practice.



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I see it sometimes out here (PNW). Lots of kayak manufacturers devise  
various fixed paddle float rescue systems to their back decks. Take Seaward, for  
example: Even the Nigel Foster series has a fixed paddle float option. It was  
Nigel's article in an old Sea Kayaker magazine that I learned the hand/paddle 
on  the cockpit rim method. Perhaps the guy from Seaward on the list can 
enlighten  us further if he's following the thread. 
 
When I teach someone the rescue I'll show them how to use their rigging, if  
they have it, but I'd just as soon spend more time on the hand/paddle/rim  
method. Everyone I've taught got it really quick. I won't stray too far anymore  
into the polemics of this is better...no, it's not...learn a re-enter and 
roll,  instead...kind of thing. I think you should learn them all and sort it out  
yourself. By the way, our NDK boats do not offer a very substantive place for 
a  fixed paddlefloat system, unless you devise one yourself. I'm not 
interested in  adding one.
 
Cheers,
 
Rob G
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