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Re: Review: Choosing a design to build
By:Etienne Muller
Date: 10/28/2016, 5:40 pm
In Response To: Re: Review: Choosing a design to build (JohnAbercrombie)

I do T rescues often. One of the guys I paddle with is always testing his limits, and his roll is less than bombproof.

I have refined the art of lifting the nose of the stricken kayak out of the water without resting it on my boat at all. I wii have someone take a video sometime. I couldn't find a slick T rescue on YouTube the other day. They were either very low quality video, or looked like they were making a meal of it. I'm sure they must be there, but I wasn't having any luck.

I have never had a problem getting anyone back into the boat, even in rough conditions. Even with my smallish cockpits... 😉

I don't tell newbees about rescue techniques before hand. They can over visualise and make it more cumbersome. I just instruct them on the fly. I doubt it has ever taken more than two minutes from capsize to reseat even a newbee.

One guy recently did however say, as he surfaced from beneath the boat, "I'm not enjoying this bit."

Et

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Review: Choosing a design to build
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/21/2016, 2:34 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 10/21/2016, 2:47 pm
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Mark N -- 10/22/2016, 7:10 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/21/2016, 3:06 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 10/21/2016, 4:35 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/21/2016, 7:08 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/21/2016, 7:36 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/22/2016, 5:50 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/22/2016, 6:21 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/22/2016, 12:39 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 10/23/2016, 8:55 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/23/2016, 11:42 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/21/2016, 7:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/22/2016, 2:20 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/22/2016, 12:02 pm
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John Messinger -- 10/22/2016, 2:06 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/22/2016, 7:53 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/22/2016, 1:15 pm
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Nick R. -- 10/22/2016, 2:23 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/28/2016, 5:21 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/28/2016, 5:40 pm
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Nick R. -- 10/22/2016, 11:50 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/22/2016, 12:54 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/22/2016, 1:17 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/22/2016, 1:59 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/22/2016, 4:29 pm