SEARCH & RESCUE - KAYAK EXTRACTION AT PELORUS

Subject: Kayak Extraction

Hi Paul these are some of the photo's we took during the recovery of the kayak on the lower Pelorus River on Sunday.  It will give you some idea of the type of application that the new Dynex will be used for.

This pull was to remove the log that is sticking up in photo 17 that was thought to be holding the kayak in; the initial pull was about the maximum of the sling which is 600kg.

The other rope is an old poly rope that I had atttached to the rudder and didn't matter if I had to chop it with the machete if it went wrong.

The log we pulled out wasn't holding the boat but was held by one of the logs we were standing on and I had to cut it off hence the rope onto the rudder to catch the boat and the machete to cut the rope if the log started to break the boat up after I cut the log off.

Photo 23 is as the kayak and tree pendulum into the true right bank, the bow is behind the log on the right so that gives a good indication of the damage (photo) 25 is after I cut the rudder lines that were holding the log onto the kayak, the damage is now pretty obvious but at the moment I'm not sure if it is a write off until Sisson see's the rest of the photo's and gives a prognosis.

Ron Wastney

Sent: Wednesday, 7 July 2010 1:26 p.m.