It sounds like in retrospect that they should have put the hypothermic guy in the middle hatch and then have the two double stay rafted together for stability with two people (one in each double) hanging on to the other boat and two people paddling perhaps canoe like to bring the raft to shore. The decision making was complicated by the people thinking at the time that the highest priority was to get help for the woman who they did not know had managed to get back to shore. So they wanted to get someone to shore fast to get help. They acknowledged that rafting made a stable platform but they were desperate to help woman who they knew to be in the water. Whole scenario a nightmare. *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Oct 10 2007 - 17:13:04 PDT
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