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First of all the rant! Your employer is being un reasonable in what they
appear to be blackmailing you into! Get out and work for someone decent! Now the paddling. No shame in struggling to empty a master. They are big and have very little bouyancy if not airbagged, and I get my 'victim' to do as much of the work as possible. I am 6ft tall and 17 stone, btw. My usual rescue technique is to park their boat alongside mine, bow to stern, they come oaround to the outside of their boat, and then climb up over their boat to end up lying across the two boats before sliding legs into their boat and getting themselves seated. They can use the cockpit rims as hand holds, kicking with their legs helps, and as a last resort i can reach over them, grab the back of their BA and pull them up. Usually all I have to do is lie across their boat to steady them. If they can get hold of my cockpit then rotating the boat will pull them up too. This is easily converted to the strop rescue, by laying the strop over the boats and securing it with the victims paddle, or by feeding it back through itself. I would always raft up the rest of the group. Might take a while, and even be beyond some of them, but they will all be trying to stay together!! YOu will drift with them to a greater or lesser extent, and even if you get a bit away from them, it is better that they are all more or less together! If you really can't get victim back into the boat, then you can use the raft to help you as described by other posters. Try and get some tips from your employer, it might just be that they don't understand your concerns, and if asked will provide advice, but i'm not convinced! Get along to one of the coach updates, I did one on manual handling and rescues, and found it very useful. Also if you have access t pool sessions, you can spen an entertaining hour trying out all sort of weird and wonderful rescue ideas in the comfort of the pool, and not at your wits end. Good Luck MW "ChipsCheeseandMayo" wrote in message oups.com... "I've had three 3 star paddlers involved in rescuing this big lad. he has sunk two instructors and flooded his own boat in rescues, so if in that situation you need to find a way that works for you - even if it isn't textbook. " Thats the sort of situation I am worried about - any ideas for unorthodox methods? For waht its worth the others don't raft up if there is a capsize a) beyond their abilities b) they would really catch the wind and be miles away by the time rescue completed. |
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" The Strop Rescue"
I assume this means using a sling. I thought you put the sling over the capsizees boat and hooked it over their paddle which you have rotated so it is under both boats (I have never done this btw, just theory). So how does it work putting it over both boats? |
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