RE: [Paddlewise] case studies-cold water

One of the Euro examples was in Sea Kayaker a couple of years ago.

There was a big swim-failure example a few years ago on the east coast
(Maine?) where there were a number of muscular men who got into serious
trouble not too far from shore after a capsize. Chuck S. brought that one up
and it's when I really started to sit up and take notice of Chuck's
message...

I know for myself, it's the lack of dexterity that I notice first after a
capsize and bail, and it can really inhibit rescue functioning. I always
carry thin neoprene gloves and a hood in my PDF pocket now.

Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net
[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net] On Behalf Of Darryl Johnson
Sent: January-28-11 2:00 PM
To: Paddlewise
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] case studies-cold water

On 28/01/2011 10:52 AM, Craig Jungers wrote:
> There was a case in Bellingham, WA a couple of years ago in which a racer
-
> with no pfd and no cold water clothing - was lost. I don't recall the
> details of that but it was talked about here for a while afterwards and
> since I keep all Paddlewise emails on Gmail I suspect we can come up with
> the info.
>
>
> Craig Jungers
> Moses Lake, WA
> www.nwkayaking.net
>
>

Didn't Tord relate a story about some paddlers out training where one 
or more of them didn't make it. It might have been last fall that I 
remember reading his story. Experienced racers, IIRC.

-- 
   Darryl
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