[CKF Info] 5/4/2008 Lessons Learned In The Pond Practice Today

[Rafael en prodigy]

Hi Patrick,

 

There were two incidents of going over reported by you guys in Ca this
weekend. It is so good that nothing bad happened.

Good mention is made about the advantages of practice and how fortunately
and easily things got resolved.

 

I was wondering, though, that in these and other reports no mention is made
of a paddlefloat, and the possibility of a paddlefloat rescue or paddlefloat
reentry and roll.

My question is:  in the regular rescue practices that you all make, do you
include the paddlefloat as a rescue tool in any of its forms?

 

And I mention it because it is very useful to me, and even in the case of
weakness that I found myself in at The Sea of Cortes Crossing, after my
second capsize and failed roll I was back on my boat before assistance
arrived. With the pf I can paddle slowly but can move and stay balanced
while I empty the boat. This is possible because my pf has bag only on one
side.

 

So I am an advocate of the paddlefloat as a contingency resource.

 

Best Regards,

 

Rafael

Mexico.

 


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