Hi ChipsCheeseandmayo .
I help instruct, guide and have a ball teaching people to paddle.
I weigh 185 lbs ( that I will admit to ) stand 5'8" and am 48 years
old. I am not an athlete.
When I have a double go over ( Sea kayak different but the same in that
I can't lift a WS Seatwo.) I ask, (TELL IN AN ASSERTIVE CONFIDENT TONE)
the casualties to grab the bow ans stern of my boat and I take the
double along side. I turn it on its side with the cockpit facing me ,
grab the comming and just lean over the other way. My weight will
gradually empty the water ( sort of slowly ) and all I am holding up is
my weight. The person in the water closest to the ruder is warned to
avoid the pointy metel. The doubles own floatation helps, the
leaverage of my own boat helps and I never empty it but there is enough
out that the casualties can get back in and we can pump her out. This
is on the ocean in Newfoundland Canada so COLD is the word.
Oh, When this happens the trip is over. We get the people in, dry them
off and warm them up.
We have a ratio of 1/6 guides to clients no more often less. The
clients boats have bailers and the giude boats carry 2 pumps. Most
clients have little or no experience and this is the ocean.
I paddle an NDK Explorer and a P & H Capella.
Good Luck
Alex
http://pages.ivillage.com/mcgruer
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