Hi Rob, Here's my thinking here, although I admit that the likelyhood of this happening is small. I don't usually paddle in rock gardens, but I have been with groups far from shore and the weather has turned sour fast. When I paddle, I try to take along all the gear I need as if I were paddling alone. I have been with groups, however, where others didn't embrace that approach. I could imagine a group of paddlers where a few were in the water and I was trying to help them out. If one of them could do a self rescue but didn't bring a paddlefloat, I could let them use my paddlefloat while I was helping someone else. Even if they did bring a paddlefloat, it could have become untethered and blown away. Perhaps it would be better to just steady the kayak of a swimmer and let them climb back in one at a time instead of loaning out gear and helping people in parallel. I don't know. Anyway, that's what was going through my mind when I responded to Chuck. Bill >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bill, I can't think of a single reason why I'd want to sit around in bumpy water waiting for someone to borrow and blow up my paddlefloat to rescue themselves. Perhaps my pet duck Daffy can fly it into a super tight rock garden, drop it off and we can all await the inevitable self-extrication, but otherwise, I'm in need of some guidance here. Cheers, Rob G *************************************************************************** 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 Thu May 03 2007 - 05:33:07 PDT
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