He's lost it by now, I'd guess. I think towing is not the right verb there. Looks more like the inflatable ran over the paddle and dragged it along for a while. Watch between 1:30 and 1:40 and you can see the un-flotated blade moving under the inflatable. Nobody picked it up or put a line on it. By the time they reached shore, the paddle was gone, no surprise. Steve Dave Kruger wrote: > If you watch the inflatable closely as it leaves the kayak, with the > victim aboard, you can see it is towing the paddle float along with it. > Ostensibly, the paddle was attached to it (or, maybe the paddler?). > Subsequently, as he is handed off to the shoreside rescue folks, the > paddle float is gone. > > Maybe he lost his paddle, which is why he was swimming to shore? > -- Steve Cramer Athens, GA http://www.savvypaddler.com *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 18 2009 - 12:36:14 PDT
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