Kayak Rescue
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Printed Date: 19 Sep 2025 at 9:06pm
Topic: Kayak Rescue
Posted By: jella
Subject: Kayak Rescue
Date Posted: 18 Oct 2010 at 12:24pm
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Hey everyone!
There's a kayak rescue course being offered through Wave Trek Rescue coming up on November 7th & 8th. I know there's a lot of people who are stepping it up, including myself or those who may be rusty on your skills... This class is a great opportunity for us to practice rescue techniques that will benefit everyone when the situation arises! It' will be a great course! Check it out! |
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Posted By: irenen
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2010 at 11:01am
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I agree, I took this course in the spring when AquaSports organized it, it was great - Chris is a really good teacher and it also taught me what a crappy swimmer I am - but that helped me not freak out later on this year swimming a nasty section.
For anyone taking it it might be helpful to brush up on knots beforehand so you can concentrate on more of the mechanics when it comes to Z drags, that kind of thing, this site linked to from the Wave Trek Rescue site shows animations of how to do various knots, there's an iPhone app too:
http://www.animatedknots.com/knotlist.php?LogoImage=LogoWaveTrek.jpg&Website=www.wavetrekrescue.com - http://www.animatedknots.com/knotlist.php?LogoImage=LogoWaveTrek.jpg&Website=www.wavetrekrescue.com
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Posted By: James
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2010 at 11:17am
| Great Site Irene. I am going to add that to the links page. Thanks! |
Posted By: mokelumnekid
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2010 at 3:28pm
| Thanks Irene- instant fave. But which of the gazillion knots on that page did you find essential? |
Posted By: jP
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2010 at 6:34pm
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That's a cool link, Irene!
Mokelumnkid--
just off the top of my head, here's what I find most essential:
-The Bowline. (and Bowline on a bight)
-Double Fisherman's (for tying prusiks)
-The Half hitch, trucker's hitch, ect
-The figure Eight series
I like the Butterfly knot, some don't. It's not listed on there.
I find those knots are really all I ever need.
A Double Sheet Bend is good for tying two lines of disimilar diameters, and the Klemhiest knot is just f**king cool as sh*t.
anyway, great link Irene!
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Posted By: Kendi
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2010 at 8:58pm
| Chris is AWESOME! I'd love to take another class from her sometime. Do it- you won't regret it! |
Posted By: jella
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2010 at 7:44am
| I had the dates mixed up, they are actually November 6th & 7th (sat & sun). |
Posted By: irenen
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2010 at 1:04pm
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Glad you guys found the knot tying link helpful! Molumnekid, I'm glad JP listed the important ones because I actually practiced none of the knots before the class, but I wish I had. The Z drag stuff got pretty in depth and if you don't get the physics stuff very easily, between the knots and drag systems you could end up being like me and spending that part of the class staring at pulley setups 'with all of the comprehension of a seagull staring at the Space Shuttle', as Dave Barry puts it. ;) If I had gotten the knots under control first I could have concentrated more on the mechanics of the drag system stuff. ------------- It's all fun and games until someone loses a paddle. |
Posted By: mokelumnekid
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2010 at 3:54pm
I signed up- who else is going? I am totally stroked. Irene- I've done glacier travel and crevasse rescue which is similar. But learning more than three knots at my advanced age is like trying to learn Spanish...a seemingly impossible task
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Posted By: jella
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2010 at 8:00pm
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I'll be taking the class too :)
Jessie |