At 03:31 PM 6/7/2007, Steve Cramer wrote: >The concerns that were raised, honestly, I never really understood >them,said Straus. Straus said his bill would require that kayaking >students know how to get out of an overturned kayak before they go >into any water deeper than five feet. > >Res ipsa loquitur. > >I always make students do a wet exit before they do anything else, >but i teach in Georgia, not Massachusetts. A university related outdoor group/club I help out with on occasion requires anyone new to club to demonstrate a two calm and controlled wet exits the first time they want to use one of the clubs kayaks (typically at a weekly pre-meeting paddle on a small reservoir on campus). I've helped out at the beginning of the semesters many times as a wet exit "witness". After listening to a brief set of instructions they are asked to do a wet exit (with sprayskirt attached) while a witness stands next to their boat. If I see someone out of their boat practically before they're upside down I'll make them do it again. Once someone has demonstrated two wet exits to the witnesses satisfaction they are given a paddle. I think that a performing a wet exit very early on in a instructional class is a very good idea. I've seen people panic when they've capsized unintentionally, but when someone has gone through a wet exit after an intentional capsize they are almost always much calmer and controlled during the wet exit the first time they've capsized unintentionally. Making it mandatory through legislation is another issue. jaf30_at_cornell.edu Ithaca, NY *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 07 2007 - 15:22:58 PDT
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