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

Tue May 6 13:02:56 PDT 2008

Steve:

I think that one agreed me at least 5+ years.  Good lessons  learned.

Regards,
George Miller
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In a message dated 5/6/2008 12:18:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
hullcracker at yahoo.com writes:

George,

I think we can take some of our CKF trip report  adventures and make our own 
version of the book "Deep Trouble". We have  gathered a few hairy reports over 
the years. It was good to read the Salt  Point Saga again.

Steve  W

MicroCapMaven at aol.com wrote:  

I once had to do a paddle float self rescue in 20 ft seas/30+  kt winds, off 
Sonoma County (see trip report "Salt Point Saga" circa 2000).  My newly 
acquired roll failed me in those conditions and it was too rough to  cowboy back 
into my Perception Pirouette. An electric pump would have made a  reentry roll 
much more practical.  

The paddle float technique stabilized the boat well, although  it took me  a 
couple of tries to initially get back in. I tried to keep  the float deployed 
while pumping out, with Paul holding on to help stabilize  me for  a while. 
Another guy, Sid, whose kayak sank in over 100 ft. of  water, was causing me 
problems while grabbing my boat in panic, until Mike  Higgins took him away.

Some may ask, what the h___ were we  doing out in 20 ft. seas?  Read the trip 
report.

I also had to use a paddle float to  get back in not long after I got out of 
a three week vacation in the  hospital with an elbow operation and stomach 
problems. 

Always bring a paddle float and pump  with you while out in your sea kayak.

Regards,
George  Miller
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In a message dated 5/6/2008 8:44:47 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
sandmarks at ca.rr.com writes:

Jeff,

Sure that works in the best of circumstances, but in  our little scenario on
Sunday we had one guy towing one guy pumping and  one guy stabilizing his
boat--mostly to get him out of harms way  quicker. If your paddling in calm
or safe area and go over, you'll  probably do fine with the paddle float
stabilizing you. Even with an  electric pump it would help till the pump got
out enough water. But if  you go over around rocks and waves, they may not
wait for you to be  ready before they send in round two. Practice a PF rescue
and boat  pumping session and then envision being at Abalone Point with  waves
crashing and rocks around you. You'll probably realize time is  not on your
side.

And since you are new and I haven't ranted  about my second pet safety peeve
for a while, I'll do so now! I carry  an inflatable paddlefloat, wouldn't
leave home without it. But back in  the day when I wasn't such an amazing
roller, I'd never use it for a  rescue. I would use the foam float that I
made from a small kick  board.

http://www.sandmarks.net/paddlefloat.html

Hardly any  time to deploy, no giant sack to fill with water and leaves your
paddle  freer to be used for what it was meant to be, a paddle.

My safety  strategy for paddling alone was an electric pump and paddle  float
reentry roll using my easy to use board. The paddle float reentry  roll is
easy peezy, but leaves you with more water in your boat, but  that wasn't a
big deal with my pump.

Hope to see you on the  water to practice some wet stuff. Maybe we can do a
Saturday practice  soon.

Mark Sanders

-----Original  Message-----

Couldn't you use a paddle float as an outrigger to  stabilize you while
you pump out the water?  I think the electric  pump is a great idea, but
it adds another point of failure too IMNO (In  My Newbie  Opinion).

Regards,
-Jeff

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