JDCAVE
Guru
- Joined
- Apr 3, 2011
- Messages
- 2,911
- Location
- Canada
- Vessel Name
- Phoenix Hunter
- Vessel Make
- Kadey Krogen 42 (1985)
Earlier in the summer, I had to dive down to free the anchor of my skiff. Reboarding was ok once I remembered my life saving training in my youth and got back into the skiff just fine:
You bob up and down in the water to get your momentum going. If possible, get up as high as your waist. Raise one leg up at a time and into the skiff. I had dislocated my shoulder 6 weeks earlier and it was quite weak,but I was still able to get out.
I was taught this procedure 45 years ago. I that it really hasn't changed and I am confident I could use it to get my wife onto the swimstep.
The key, not really shown in the video is to use the up and down momentum to get the victim's waist as high as the swimstep and then bring each leg up one at a time in a scissor fashion.
Jim
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You bob up and down in the water to get your momentum going. If possible, get up as high as your waist. Raise one leg up at a time and into the skiff. I had dislocated my shoulder 6 weeks earlier and it was quite weak,but I was still able to get out.
I was taught this procedure 45 years ago. I that it really hasn't changed and I am confident I could use it to get my wife onto the swimstep.
The key, not really shown in the video is to use the up and down momentum to get the victim's waist as high as the swimstep and then bring each leg up one at a time in a scissor fashion.
Jim
Sent from my iPad using Trawler Forum