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

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I agree with you, Rafael.  Even if someone can roll, there  are multiple 
circumstances when it may not work:
 
- Very rough seas, strong winds
- Injury
- Excessive boat  damage
 
I never go out without my paddle  float.
 
Regards,
George  Miller
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In a message dated 5/5/2008 8:22:39 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
silidriel at prodigy.net.mx writes:

 
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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