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Re: Paddle: Lessons learned
By:Jay Babina
Date: 6/4/2012, 12:41 pm
In Response To: Paddle: Lessons learned (dave g)

Just so you know: you can do a cowboy rescue with a paddle float and instead of 5 tries it would have been one.

You hump your middle over the boat holding the paddle / float towards your feet side holding the paddle and the cockpit together. Then as you lift a leg over the boat to get in the cowboy riding position, you now have the paddle float held across the deck for stability. As you work your way towards the cockpit, you hold the paddle and the coaming at the same time and slip on leg over the paddle, then the other and slide into the cockpit. Doing a cowboy rescue is actually a pool exercise but that's about it. Unless you have a very wide and stable boat, it's just to easy to capsize back in unless it's calm - but then you wouldn't be in the water.

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Paddle: Lessons learned
dave g -- 6/2/2012, 9:14 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 6/2/2012, 10:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/3/2012, 2:15 am
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Sean Dawe -- 6/3/2012, 10:39 am
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Mike Savage -- 6/3/2012, 12:11 pm
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dave g -- 6/3/2012, 1:51 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 6/3/2012, 7:17 pm
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dave g -- 6/3/2012, 8:35 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 6/3/2012, 9:21 pm
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dave g -- 6/3/2012, 10:54 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 6/3/2012, 11:10 pm
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Bob Johns -- 6/4/2012, 3:16 am
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Sean Dawe -- 6/4/2012, 8:04 am
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ancient kayaker -- 6/5/2012, 9:17 am
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Jay Babina -- 6/4/2012, 12:41 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 6/5/2012, 12:00 am
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Sean Dawe -- 6/4/2012, 2:58 pm
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dave g -- 6/4/2012, 7:23 pm
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Al Edie -- 6/4/2012, 11:09 pm
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danperry -- 6/5/2012, 5:27 pm
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Al Edie -- 6/6/2012, 12:23 am
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ancient kayaker -- 6/6/2012, 12:47 am